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Sounds like you're doin the right thing: Design your overall topology/layout upfront rather than try to add it on after the fact bandaid...

Need a lot more info. What do you have at the house? How far away from the shop? Why the shop and not the grid at the house?

Thanks for the link, SG. I've never heard of this cheese, even though I've visited Wales.

You have to tell these cheese jokes very Caerphilly.

Sorry, you are wrong on all accounts, and I have never charged from shore power, I have solar, I have alternator. Everything I bought is...

cool,er,hot! I would use a temperature system rather than voltage of the solar panel output to control things. You want a certain...

Hi! My first post, so I'd like to introduce myself and ask some advice. I'm English, have a house in Sheffield in the UK and also a...

Windex?

Yes, they flicker when it's cloudy and there's not enough sun. They come on steady when it's sunny.

I have several LED lights lighting up the basement in the daytime.

I'm a gardener too, so sometimes my tools go out with the leaves and never come back! Or else they drop somewhere in the yard and get so...

Same. I just assume they're hanging out with all the disappearing socks.

Could get more interest if you listed the individual components, gave specs on the panels, and put a price. Also would be nice to have...

Do you have enough space around your house? Maybe small hills? If both answered with yes -> Pumped Storage Hydropower ;)

That is a huge undertaking! I'd start by taking a serious look for opportunities for downsizing and conservation. Every watt saved is a...

True, they are intended to sit on the dash under the windshield. But for $20 I'd go ahead and try anyway. They seem pretty weatherproof...

Can't help you there, but if you'd rather get an ebike battery off the shelf, 36v and 48v ebikes are pretty standard these days. Yes...

Auto supply stores have small maintainer panels for 12v batteries. They usually come with alligator clips for the battery or a cigarette...

I posted a question yesterday and a few hours later I got two satisfying answers already. Wow! Just found this when reading new posts...

Micah Toll (Electrek) made some nice YT videos on the subject. He imported a container full of small electric Chinese construction...