RE General Discussion

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Saving Money on Water Heating

I came up with a way of reducing my electrical consumption for water heat that may or may not be of general interest, but though...
Jon C 6

appliances stop working on system

Hello,    I have a system setup and running for the last five to six months, four gulf cart batteries, 170 wa...
A. Hayles 6

Am I Crazy?

...or has anyone thought of this before: I live in Ohio and it stays pretty cold for much of the winter here. Wouldn�...
Randy Allen 6

Hello.. with a IDEA..

While driving the other day I thought of a idea. Keep in mind I know nothing about wind power,alternators, or charging...
Near Future 6

Help with converting some energy used by pool motor to solar

Is there a non-grid tie inverter that I can uses to allow me to patch a solar panel on to the line so that the motor will use bo...
Jason La Porte 6

Using a pool to net energy instead of waste it.

Hi ...I'm trying to figure out if there is an inexpensive and practical way to net energy or better use out of an inground ...
Thomas R 6

What Size System

What Size System Would I Need To Run a 1000 - 1500 watt Stock Tank de-icer virtually 24 hours a day
Linda Stoops 6

What voltage is 100% SOC for an AGM battery?

While wet cells are stated to have 100% SOC at 12.7v, it is much harder to determine what 100% SOC is for an AGM battery.  ...
Tr S 6

Newbee question

If I have $1000.00 to invest in something for my home in solar power---What is a good place to start?  Should I think&n...
Beverly Seim 6

Wind energy

Wind has a lot of caliber which we are still unaware about. Wind turbines can provide more energy than the world’s energy cons...
Abomi Dorset 6

Books

Anyone know where i can get some decent books on Alt-E from a practical/technical perspective? I'm an electronic engineering stu...
simon Hill 6

appropriate generators for off-grid photovoltaic system

I would like to add a small back-up generator to my 1500 watt,220 AH(AGM)system, for getting through the rainy season with some ...
Edward Spencer 6

charge controller location

I have a 100' cable run between the solar panel and the battery.  Should the controller be placed at one end or the ot...
Lee Gersch 5

Battteries do not hold charge overnight

Installed 2-130 watt Krocera panels, going to a Xantrex C-35 controller, then to two midsize deep cycle batteries, into a 1500 w...
Allen B 5

DSIRE site...trying to understand the science of it all...

Hey all, First and foremost, I'd like to extend my appreciation and thanks for anyone taking the time out of their day ...
Josh 5

Sailboat on hook...

I live aboard a sailboat and spend half the year dockside and the other half on a mooring. While on the mooring, I want to be ab...
Stephen Brown 5

Trying to find a car I read about, but I have a bad memory.

Okay, this question isn't about renewable energy, but it does involve the 'Save the Planet' concept, so I'm ...
Jason Goatcher 5

Best Placement for Generator

We are building off grid and will be using a 10K generator as part of the system. We need help in placement of the generator to ...
Loiuse Mahoney 5

Solar Hot Water and Solar Radiant - Costs - Why so much extra for Radiant?

Hello all, I feel like I'm missing something. Why do the kits for hot water + radiant heating cost so dramatically ...
Keith Birchfield 5

solar panels facing both south and west

  James from alt-e I hope you read this, I asked questions in the past and here are the results of the power produced by 6 ...
James Anspaugh 5

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