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Re: I want to run my water heater on solar power (Newbie)
Everyone is right and wrong. Go on youtube and pretty much every one heating water with PV is a moron. I heat water with PV and it is quite effective. The old saying is that once PV got below $1.50 a…1 · -
Re: Connecting a 48 volt Zephyr fan directly to battery bank?
There are $10 low voltage detectors available. The electable voltages are a little low. If you take a number of diodes in series to supply the power to the module, it can raise the voltage by about 0…1 · -
Re: Help! Maybe I'm dense or have been up one to many nights at work but...
You normally do this with with what is called a Linear Current Booster and no battery. That is just a fancy name for a switching power supply that will maintain a minimum panel voltage. If panel W is…1 · -
Re: What happens to excess solar energy at midday with SoC at 90%?
Any functioning system will often have excess energy that is never used. That is the reason diversion to something like heating water is very cost effective. I have a system I built that monitors bat…1 · -
Re: True of Fusing system for solar panels
A fuse doesn't do much more than provide a disconnect and degrade system performance. You can not get more than the short circuit rating of the panels and the likelihood of getting that are remo…1 ·
