We’re here to demonstrate how to ensure your DIY solar system is properly charging the battery through the solar charge controller. We’ll be using a 12V solar system with a 12V solar panel, a PWM charge controller, and a 12V battery. Using a multimeter…
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Our Solar Queen is just out here hunting Pokémon! She has been out here for a long time but, she doesn’t have to worry about her phone dying, because she had a little DIY solar fun and put together a…
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We are here with another DIY solar demo to see what happens when you have mismatched solar panels and what approach makes the most sense for wiring them – in series, in parallel, or not even at all. We will…
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We’re here to demonstrate how you can charge a 36V or 48V golf cart battery bank with a single solar panel using Genasun’s GV-Boost solar charge controller. Unlike most solar charge controllers, the GV-Boost increases the voltage and decreases the current at…
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If you’ve got very different solar panels, without question, the best way is to have each solar panel have its own independent charge controller. If that’s not an option, however, we’re here to give you some DIY ideas and demonstrate the…
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Clean Energy Savings For All Initiative President Obama announced a new initiative to help improve access to solar panels and energy efficiency to more Americans. The Clean Energy Savings For All Initiative is specifically focusing on low to moderate income communities…
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Summer is here, and it’s time to dust off that RV and start planning your next road trip! Perhaps you were wondering if solar panels for RV use would make sense. In this blog we cover how to size a solar panels system for your RV, including the inverters, batteries and solar charge controller.
Two Years of Solar Videos for You You may be aware that we at altE have been making a lot of solar videos about renewable energy systems, gear and design on our YouTube channel these past two years. We’ve got viewers in…
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Why Do People Go Solar? There are several reasons why people install solar on their homes. Some people have multiple reasons to go solar. Let’s take a look at some of the five most common ones.
Solar Myth#1: You Can Save Money by going Off Grid (aka: Stick it to the man) I have one word for people who think they can save money by going off grid. Batteries. A grid tie solar system, by comparison, uses the…
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