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Design Recommendations - Remote Garden Shed

Hi folks,                 I am planning to locate at 9x12 shed / Garden Office on my property. The bulding ...
Bill M 3

Alaska weather & Unisolar amorphous solar panels

Anybody from Alaska have experience with these panels? The manufacturer's claims of greater efficiency with a broader l...
Roger Martinez 0

Best Insulation for Solar Hot Water Piping

I am currently installing a used Reynolds solar hot water system that was given to me.  The 3/4" Rubatex insulation ha...
Ryan Williamson 2

Voltage tolerance for various network switches, cable modems, etc.

I have a small off grid solar setup.  Evergreen 47W panel, through a 4.5A SunGuard charge controller connected to a 12V dee...
Jonathan Hunt 0

PV newbie question - parallel connect 2 different panels (15.8 and 16.5 volts)?

Hi all, First post here, glad to be aboard   I haven't seen this question answered yet, and wonder if someone...
Ryan Bond 3

Minimum watts to grid tie?

Hello. I am fairly new to the alternative energy scene, however am quickly growing more and more interested. I am wondering if i...
Paul Latina 5

Inverter for low Vdc

I just read the post by Paul Latina about grid tied low power devices and the response by Chris Brown gave a listing of supplies...
William Wurtz 1

Inverter sparking

For more than a year my house ran on solar power without any problem. I recently connected to the public electric grid. The syst...
Beverly Clarke 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

Wind, Solar Hybrid merging power problem

I'm building a small wind and solar hybrid system. My problem is safely merging the two power sources through some kind of ...
Will Williams 6

Solar well pump prodject

My nephew wanted to learn about solar power so we decided to get the well running off of solar energy. Now to save face in front...
Richard Crews 1

Solar powered Low voltage lighting.

I live in south florida and I am interested in setting up solar accent outdoor lighting at my house. I will have a total of 1,00...
Anthony Tatakis 4

replacing glass on broken module

I just bought a pair of Mitsubishi 125w modules.  Both stayed in my garage until I was ready to pull them from the box and inst...
Travis M 4

Solar Powered DC Water Pump

Hello, I will be traveling to Mina Nigeria next month to replace a gas powered water pump used for irrigation. Here is the scena...
Terry Lewis 3

Off-grid cabin shower

Looking for advice on rigging a shower for a rustic cabin.  Basic overview is: - will use cistern water supply ...
Gj Davis 2

Determine Charge Controller Watt Rating at Nom Batt Voltage

Good morning, In order to determine the number of charge controllers required for my system, I need to divide the Max Watts...
Chris Gr 4

sure sine 300 info

I have one of these and it works fine. I always wanted to see a display of the sine wave form to see how good it was.. being...
Bw B 2

electric heating element question

I have a 120v ac immersion liquid heater with thermostatic control (purchased from McMaster.com).  This is essentially the same...
Travis M 2

MC vs MC2

I just bought a pair of Mitsubishi panels here, and will probably be buying 6-10 more as I put more load on my new off-grid hybr...
Travis M 6

LONG RUN CABLE in AC or DC?

My 1000w wind turbine produces 3 phase AC and is 500 ft from the house. Should I run the AC current to the house and then conver...
Paul Nicholson 1

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