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MPPT and PWM on same battery bank?

I have a C40 charge controller (which I understand is PWM) charging 4 L16HC batteries from 4 Siemens Panels.  I also have 2...
Rhett Fouraker 3

Wireing a 700 watt inverter

I have wired a 12 volt system in my home using 10 gauge wire and 250 volt 20 amp ac outlets I wish to make some sort of pigtail ...
Rene M 1

system grounding

sorry but now totally lost. Is there a downloadable schematic or picture of some sort to show propper grounding and maybe ev...
Rene M 1

amps or watts ??

I have a pellet stove that runs on 115 volts 60Hz 3amps when calculating how long this will run off of 12 volt 450 ah ...
Rene M 1

voltage amps output

I have a New kyocera 50 watt panel voltage output is up to around 21.5 volts +or-short circut volts  with my volt meter wit...
Rene M 4

controller setting

I currently have a charge controller that goes into a trickle charge float mode at 13.7 volts . At the end of the day my bat...
Rene M 1

2 charge controllers

At this time I have 2 kyocera 50 watt panels hooked in parallel to one 20 amp charge controller I also own a 15 watt panel t...
Rene M 2

solar angle

I am repositioning my panels and would like to set them at the proper angle for DECEMBER 21 2008,I guess that would be my best b...
Rene M 10

Generator

I have a 3000 watt Generator that has a battery charger 12 volt and I believe 8.5 amps output ( I don't have the spec sheet...
Rene M 6

Help with Electrical component of turbine

Hey, I am working on a vertical axis water turbine for my thesis project, and I am running into some problems trying to...
Bob M 8

Where and how to set up a solar pool pump system

Hi I am in South FL, with a 14k gal pool, I have called some places to inquired about a solar pool pump system and found very li...
Reinaldo Lopez 2

Newbie: how to wire panel to battery to appliance, litterally

Hi, 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

parabolic solar concentrators verses flat panel hot water heaters

I have been very surprised that there never has been much information or attention to the 8' parabolic concentrator dishes ...
Raymond Cayer 1

Xantrex XW Power Distribution Panel AC Breakers

My son just installed Xantrex XW Hybrid system. There are 3 AC circuit Breakers in the Power Distribution panel. The center one ...
Ray Westbrook 2

Low Battery Cut Out Limits

I have an Xantrex XW 4548 Inverter Charger and I am using a 48 volt battery bank. I noticed that the default value for the Low B...
Ray Westbrook 16

Tenerife climate - solar hot water panels or PV ?

Hi all. We are in the process of building a villa in Tenerife with an outdoor pool.  The climate here is hot and we al...
Ray Sparshott 2

snow on air-x blades

I 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

trojan batteries

I started with two L16h 420 ah trojan batteries. they were used for lights, small radio, small computer. About seven months late...
Ray Grose 10

Killed my Shurflo 2088 surface pump in 3 days

Hooked up the panel to the 2088 Shurflo pump, and watched the water stream in to my impoverished pond.  I was at 1st jazzed...
Randy W 5

Will 110V generator run a Shurflo 9325 pump?

I've had a new well dug to pump water to a .2ac pond (210,000 gal volumn).  The well recharges slowly, about 4gpm, so ...
Randy W 3

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