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120 volts Vs 220 volts


Could someone educate me on country voltage of 120volts or 220volts? Countries like USA,JAPAN use 120 volts while UK,Nigeria use...
Usman Kazaure Abdullahi 1

Battery State of Charge

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Most of the 12volts inverter cutout the battery at 10.5volts to prevent over discharging.   Based on the battery st...
Usman Kazaure Abdullahi 14

Battery Bank


I came across a faulty battery on 24 volts system with 200 amp-hr bank capacity. 2 strings of 100 amp-hr The battery ban...
Usman Kazaure Abdullahi 1

Charging 200 Amp-hr battery with solar panel


I need help on the size of solar panel to use on my system with following configuration; 12 volt system 200 Amp-hr ...
Usman Kazaure Abdullahi 1

solar hot water baseboard system


Hi,  we had a hot water baseboard heating system in Alaska (oil-heated) and are interested in designing a similar system us...
valerie maxwell 1

Confusion about solar connections.


I have some Sharp 167 nd-u3 panels. I could use 2 more in my string. Can,t find any as they have been discontinued. I found some...
Victor Snodgrass 1

Question about fronious inverter


I was thinking of a model IG 2000 inverter for 1 string of 12 sharp ND-167U3A solar panels I have. In the dc imput data for the ...
Victor Snodgrass 0

How can a 48 volt dc generator be used to charge 24 volt battery bank?

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I have a 48 volt dc generator 5.5 kw. Also have 2 24 volt inverters. Have 2 mx 60 charge controlers for my solar panels. Is ther...
Victor Snodgrass 14

induction motor


Can I use any induction motor to buit a wind generator?
Victor 0

BZ Products MPPT500 step down voltage

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I bought a BZ Products MPPT500 charge controller recently, and it is out in the yard undergoing tests with the PV arrays that I ...
Victor Cozart 14

Using a charge controller with a Xantrex Powerpack


I successfully hooked up a small 6W panel directly to a Xantrex Powerpack using a coaxial power plug. While in direct sunlight, ...
Vince Allen 3

What do you understand by these terms?


[The 400KW Singleton solar farm produces enough electricity produces 550,000 kilowatt hours of electricity which is used to supp...
Vincent Chow 2

What's the implication of # of back up days and temp on battery bank sizing calc

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Good day. I was using the alt-energy online calculator to size up a system which I am hoping to build. I wor...
Vincent Chow 5

Question about solar hot water heating


This is probably a stupid question and i apologize ahead of time.  My only excuse is that I am new to this (solar energy). ...
vonbismarck 2

USING BZ240 IS IT OK


Im using an 130W solar panel for lighting and BZ240 as achrger .It is clear from the circit of BZ240 that it is use a FET(IR...
Wahhab Razaaq 0

Need wind turbine


I need to buy wind turbine to install in thailand Cut in speed 2.5 m/sReted speed 4-6 m/s .Please advice me.
wajanawout tiyakote 0

What is More Environmentally Friendly?


Hi, My wife and I live in the Trenton, NJ area and would love to have a solar PV system installed on the roof of our ho...
Wallace Kowrach 2

Initial setup?

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I want to get one of the XW units to run my entire house in upstate New York. It's a 2200 sqft house, two people living in ...
Walt Howard 6

Amps Info


Hi All I am interested in purchasing the Air X 400w turbine. Question How much amps does the device put out at low and high spee...
Walwyn D 0

Seasonal pv/solar pool heating


I have a 28,000 gallon swimming pool in a wooded area in Raleigh, NC.  The pool has the problem of being generally a little too...
Wayne Jones 2
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