highwaypirate

I use 8 of these breakers as mechanical disconnect switches (never used as over current devices) for my 8 strings to isolate the PV+ and...

For my needs I have had good success with “Rolls Batteries”. I have been using AGMs as my 12vdc use is pretty minimal & Canada & Cold ??

Several areas you will need to review. In series voltage adds. In parallel current adds. Solar panels are rated in Voc and Vmp. Calling...

Before I do any any serious system on my house, i want to run a trial to get experience with a smaller system to ensure I know what i am...

Bonus points for creativity with the 12v outlet 😅 I have found Anderson connectors work great, and the 50A versions are not super...

This is practical thinking. I do both, as fits the use case. ecoflow and bluetti have come up with some nice hardware, and good control...

FYI, the Keepworth 300ahr lowered the price, sold out, and removed the listing. Not sure if this is related to simply no stock or if the...

AND you can always add more components to it if you find yourself needing more power. When I started out, I thought a 50w array would...

DIY IS ALWAYS BETTER!!! - :love: :love: :love: {ok, just had to say it.} A big benefit to DIY - you will understand every component...

Way to go HighDesertOffgrid! Lol.

It was me. I won a year's supply of rice-a-roni -the San Francisco treat.

They should have wires where the outer casing is either the red or black... but then having that extra inner casing with a small number...

You know how it goes @HarryN one thing leads to spending money on another 😁 I think the following is last years panels, but they are...

The only thing that I would consider to change is that I personally like to mark the solar (+) wires with yellow tape - because it...

I took the experimental dual ignition system out for one of my DIY airplanes & installed magnetos. I placed the ignition system I had...

I wish his controllers could run that cool, but the motorhome is like a baked potato wrapped in tin-foil during the summer months (I've...

I wonder which user was the millionth poster. They should get a special screen name for that one, lol.

What a system... amazing!

The next day the POCO came out and killed the power to the house, and moved the cables from the pole into the new meter base and...

Pole barn outer frame done: Done: View from inside: That one was a mix of another SMA SB 7.7 and 9 more SunMax micro inverters...