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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

fusing parallel battery strings

My PV system, (will be up an running in two weeks), has a battery bank of 4 parallel battery pairs.  I have heard that thes...
James J 1

wattage, voltage, charge controllers oh my!

Just tried to set up a Sunfilm 1200 (1.2 amp) flexable pv panel to charge 12 V batteries on a small sailboat. The contacts from ...
Gary Barney 1

How to calculate the inverter size for a 5kw system?

I am planning to set up a 5KW solar PV stand alone system. how to select the size of inverter required for me?
Dare Devils 1

bicycle solar panels

I am preparing for a solo cross country bicycle trip beginning June 1. The route will follow the Lewis and Clark Trail from Asto...
Tony Baltes 1

Sump Pump powered by Solar system

Hi, I am really interested in setting up my sump pump on a solar energy system. I know absolutely nothing about kw/ac/dc/convert...
Al West 1

Adding wind turbine to off grid solar system

Hi everyone, I'm new here, but have a question.  I have a 48V off grid solar system with a 10KW generator as a back up...
Ralph Robertson 1

Grid Tie Inverter fooled by Inverter based generator?

Pure curiosity, Non battery backup grid tie inverters by design are supposed to shut down when the grid goes down. The trigger a...
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PV configuration

I have 10 (205 W) Kyocera PVs with the following parameters Maximum Power            &nbs...
Ijimere B 1

Calculate number of panels needed

Hello I am trying to create a little excel sheet document that will help me calculate the number of solar panels and ba...
Phil Metzger 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 collectors for space heat

On a home that has an existing hot water radiator heating system powered by an oil burner, could you integrate a solar hot water...
Jeffrey Guevara 1

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

Whisper 200 control panel

I received no instruction guide with my whisper 200 control panel My question is :if the reading is Kwh 11.14 is that trans...
Donald Bodda 1

Upgrade Air-X demo unit to Air Breeze.

Just pick up an Air X Demo unit,no internals,just shell. I see there is an upgrade kit available on this site to upgrade an Air-...
Paul Smith 1

autotransformers

can i  install two autotransformers in parallell on   the same circuit if so what are the benefits ian
Ian Sealy 1

Unirac

What is the primary difference between the Unirac Sunframe and SolarMount racking systems.  Why use one over the other. ...
Bruce Friedman 1

Windmill with rotating sails

Windmill with rotating sails is a new type of windmill. It has a vertical axle around which three sails spin around.
AmyJoseph AmyJoseph 1

Leave Batteries connected or disconnect when not in use?

I have a 12 volt solar system on a second home that is in use 4 months of the year (Dec. thru April). Is it best to disconnect t...
Al Jolley 1

wiring a hybrid off grid ssytem

does anyone have a schematic with AWG for a 12vdc 200watt turbine and a 10 watt 12vdc solar panel.  the turbine puts out a ...
Pat Bissen 1

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