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Max Lead Acid Discharge Current.

I'm planning a solar power system for our weekend cabin and have a question regarding discharge current.  I have a Pro...
Jerry Wenzel 14

Parallel Batteries

Based on the feedback from the forum, I'm looking at upping my planned batteries for an off grid cabin from 2 GC2s (Golf Ca...
Jerry Wenzel 2

Learning and rethinking my cabin power system

I’ve been learning a lot on the forums.  I’ve been asking questions regarding a cabin with a 2000W inverter system and ...
Jerry Wenzel 15

Charge Settings for Flooded Lead Acid Batteries

I have my cabin inverter system set up and running temporarily at my house.  It consists of a Xantrex Prosine 2kW inverter ...
Jerry Wenzel 1

DC Well Pump

I have a cabin and I am putting a well pump in. We will only use it a few days a month, and I am on a budget. The well is 160 ft...
Jerry Worley 2

Geothermal from waterwells.

There seems to to be no one interested in developing the geothermal potential possibilities of shallow  100'-500' wells. I ...
Jim 2

Polarity sensitive DC circuit breakers

I am using OBB-xx 125VDC-DIN circuit breakers and note says "polarity sensitive do not reverse feed" and there is a &q...
Jim Moore 2

Bang Bang Bang goes my solar hot water heater

When the sun is shinning bright and the panels are a cooking, the pipes in the solar hot water system start to bang. It...
Jim Patera 10

Sine Wave Inverter Selection

I am about ready to upgrade to a sine wave inverter. I know the many advantages over modified sine wave but not all of the varia...
Jim Sluyter 0

Testing Solar Panels

I have several PV panels that have been installed at various times over many years. I suspect that some have degraded or failed ...
Jim Sluyter 1

Sun Angles

Does anybody know of a source giving the angle of the sun above the horizon at various latitudes at different times of the year....
Jim Verner 3

Testing PV Power Output

I watched the "Solar Panel Testing" video on the AltE website and measured my panels. The open circuit voltage (voc) =...
Jimmie O 5

Morningstar Sunsaver MPPT PC MeterBus Adapter

I have the Morningstar Sun Saver Duo. I want to add the Morningstar Sunsaver MPPT PC MeterBus Adapter to my system. Since neithe...
Jimmie O 0

Converting a regular heat tape (gutter ice) to work off a 15W Solar Collector?

I am a solar newbie, experimenting with a Northern Industrial Tools High Wattage Solar Panel – 15 Watt. I would like ...
Joe DeBottis 0

Solar Power needs

http://www.blackanddecker.com/ProductGuide/Product-Details.aspx?ProductID=2500I am looking for ideas on what to purchase to rech...
Joe Nemecek 1

Xantrex MPPT60 Panel wiring configuration.

Hi, I have 14 Kyocera KC175GT panels and I plan to hook it up to a Xantrex MPPT 60A charge controller. I havent bought...
Joe Pham 3

SOUTHWEST WIND POWER- NEW AIR BREEZE INSTALLION

JUST INSTALLED NEW AIR BREEZE 200W/24VDC HAVE INSTALLED SEVERAL AIR-X MODELS BASICALLY SAME THING THIS AIR BREEZE IS SHO...
Joe Reich 5

charge controller with Ametek permanent magnet motor

Hello,I am putting together a microhydro system using a 20V Ametek permanent magnet motor with a waterwheel. I need a charge con...
joe wood 0

DC Source Center

Hi everyone, I have at the moment a 5kW wind turbine and around 1kW PV arrays and I want to connect them in order to ge...
Joel Salazar 0

Need a little help

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Just getting started in the Off-grid lifestyle. and I am using it primarily for a remote cabun, but hope to bring some of what I...
Joel Serra 35

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