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PV/battery powered el sid question What combination of PV panel, battery, and controller could be effectively used with an El Sid 10W 12V circulating pump? I live ...	Kerry Lipp	0
Thin Film versus multi celled modules for a grid tie system? I’m interested in developing a grid tie system around 3Kw. From a $ per watt perspective the Kaneka 60 60W Thinfilm Solar Pane...	Arnold K	0
Xantrex C40 PV input voltage I would like to add more solar soon to my existing array. To keep current safely under 40A, I'd like to up the voltag...	Travis M	3
Small Battery Charging Hello! Is there a way to charge my smaller batteries directly from my panels? Just to name a few, I have a cordless drill batter...	Sean Sullivan	0
Battery sizing Autonomy and longevity are the words. Where autonomy is defined in terms of a political reference it still lends itself to t...	Thomas Allen Schmidt	1
Replacing a battery in a set Hi, a friend has a 24V set of Hoppecke 625Va batteries. They are about 3 or 4 years old. For some reason (abuse/bad luck?)...	Nigel Morton	1
charge controller question exactly does a charge controller do?? I ask because if the most important things I need to worry about are charge volta...	Chris Ivers	2
BZ MPPT500 reaches float state at 13.3VDC My BZ MPPT500 comes to float state as soon as the battery bank reaches 13.3VDC, and the led turns red. I tried to adjust the...	Lesly Dumont	0
Xantrex Prosine Remote cable length? My hydroelectric generator is about 100 feet from the house and thats where the batteries and inverter is as well. I'...	Zachary M	4
watt meter for DC « 1 2 3 » i'm starting a full 12V DC solar system and looking for a 12V DC power meter. seems the kill-a-watt, only works with ...	Ryan Libre	10
Freetricity.com « 1 2 ... 40 41 » Since I am interested in alternative energy sources, I looked into freetricity.com. I called them and the salesman I spoke to sa...	Sue Smith	201
My mini solar system. Hi there. I have a small starter solar system, consisting of a panel, deep-cycle battery, charge controller and an inverter. Is ...	Sean Sullivan	2
Grid connected system schematic I am required to supply a schematic diagram to my county building dept of my proposes system. Where will I find a typical 5000 t...	Thomas Snyder	2
inverter specs I have an array unit of 4 strings of 8. Each module is -- ~53 Watts (Vmax=~47V and I max=~1.2amps) Total VOLTS= ~480 vol...	Sayli Vaidya	1
Kyocera Panels - KC85TS vs. KC85T - 36 vs. 72 cells Can anyone tell me the difference between these two panels? The only difference according to the spec sheets are the nu...	James Rosenberger	2
120vac timers - to reduce net load from phantom load devices « 1 2 » Goal: Reduce total net consumption for a very specific set of devices. ( primarily battery chargers for tools ) Questio...	Keith Birchfield	7
Small PV Data Logging « 1 2 » I have a small 47W off-grid PV setup. I'm using a Doc Wattson DC meter to manually log data about the power generated...	Jonathan Hunt	6
Panel to converter in-line fuse size? « 1 2 » Questions guys, what is the best size fuse to put between the panels and the charge controller? Does it matter as long ...	Steve M	5
Different wattage panel hookup Am I correct in saying that if I had two different power solar panels lets say a 30w and a 5w both on there own charge controlle...	Max Schulte	1
What size battery bank for large Inverter? I have a 550Ah battery bank with a 5-10K watt inverter, is the battery bank big enough to power the inverter? I'm ...	Steve M	2

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