Recent content by geekboy

In the past week, I've spent much time trying to figure out the whole charge controller question. I simply cannot figure out whether it's considered better to have a separate charge controller per panel or pair, or if it's better to have one charge controller with all 4-8 going through a...

What I need help picking out: PV lightning/surge suppression. I honestly don't even know where to start on this. Diverter loads. I'm thinking that I want to figure out how to convert my natural gas hot water heater to solar, but I haven't figured out what I need. (Everything looks to be for...

For a number of reasons, I've decided to convert much of my house's electric usage to 12VDC powered by solar (and, soon, wind). I validated that it was doable with a 100W panel, 65AH AGM battery, and a cheapo 40A charge controller from Amazon. Now I'm ready to scale up to full-house 12VDC where...