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solar panel placementI have 9 208watt sharp panels. 6 face east on the garage roof and 3 face south because I have a steep roof there so it keeps the... |
James Anspaugh | 7 |
AC Pump vs DC Pump and PVI'm putting the finishing touches on my SDHW system. The parts were acquired second-hand and I received an
AC powered ... |
Michael Devereaux | 2 |
Want to build a small offgrid systemAny tips on battery bank sizing and electric average electric consumption?
What could one 200 watt PV panel do for me ... |
Jeffrey Guevara | 4 |
Solar system calculatorHello
I have some questions.
Firstly what is the difference between off-grid and on-grid for the calculator?
se... |
Phil Metzger | 3 |
Xantrex C12 12A, 12V Lighting ControllerI recently bought the above lighting controller however I set it on Dusk to Dawn feature but the light stays on during the day. ... |
Amelita Puga | 0 |
800A deep Cycle Bank in Storage - Need Trickle chg specs/configeration for SolarIn a marine configeration, I have a 800ah house battery bank of deep cycle batteries that goes into storage, fully charged, for ... |
Dynamo1181 Wi | 2 |
snow on air-x bladesI have had my air-x land 12volt up since just before Christmas. I have seen snow sticking to the blades twice now. The first tim... |
Roy Gross | 4 |
Getting the power company out of my life.Hi everyone. I live in Oklahoma and have a very corrupt power company to deal with. They don't steal from everyone but it s... |
Jonathan W | 3 |
Calculate number of panels neededHello
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 panelI 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 |
Enphase inverters?Just found there advertisement and see the up side to get things to AC power as fast as possible. Has anyone tyred this type of ... |
David O | 3 |
NiCD batteryDoes anybody use NiCD batteries and if so what is the largest.
How do those kind of batteries differ from the lead acid ones... |
Tony Butterfield | 4 |
tep Charger for Deep Cycle BatteriesHi - newbie here but learning fast.
I have 2 x 6 v deep cycle lead acid batteries (Rolls Surrette 4000) connected in series ... |
Sally Errey | 6 |
Newbie: how to wire panel to battery to appliance, litterallyHi,
I'm building a micro system to wire a chicken coop for lighting, using a 3watt 12V DC LED light and SLA batter... |
Rebecca Mason | 4 |
basic inverter wiring questionI've been looking more closely at some of the inverters available and how to go about wiring a system. I've noti... |
Brian P | 5 |
PV configurationI have 10 (205 W) Kyocera PVs with the following parameters
Maximum Power &nbs... |
Ijimere B | 1 |
Adding wind power to a solar systemHello,
I'm thinking of adding a small wind turbine to an existing solar system (off grid with a battery bank).&nbs... |
Stephen Hagerman | 3 |
newbie, example first system reviewI'm looking at the cost of creating a solar system to providing light for a small barn. I've done the calculations g... |
Brian P | 9 |
newbie, battery sizing questionI've been reading the Photovoltaics-Design and Installation Manual to learn more about solar power. One thing I don&#... |
Brian P | 3 |
how to set up a battery based PV system with GRID BACKUPYes, you read that right. I live in Hawaii, where the utility rates are .$.40-$.50/kWh. I want to design a system that relies on... |
Benjamin S | 7 |
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