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  • Medieval style solar array

    Almost finished construction of the 'Solar Shack'hi It's going to have 12 x 250w panels on the roof
  • RV style pump to fill a 86 gallon bladder tank?

    I need to pressurise water from a 1500 gallon water tank. We use between 50-100 gallons per day. Practically no head pressure I have bought a 86 gallon bladder tank. My question is, would a 120v diaphram pump (RV pump style) be suitable for pressurising this tank or do I need something...
  • Off Grid Solar System, opinions and advice welcomed

    Long story short, my wife and I have bought 6.5 acres in South Western Oklahoma. We are going to be starting an off grid homestead, I'm going down at the end of this month (January) to start the ground works. She will be following down later in the spring with our 3 month old son. I have done a...
  • 24V solar system for a well

    Hello everyone. I’m looking for advise on the best way to set my system up. I’ll try and give as detailed description as possible about the system I am currently building for the well. I’ll be using a 24v low flow rate pump (3GPM) to pump the water into a 275 gallon tank at the head of the...
  • Are there any benefits to running a 3s4p arrey instead of a 6s2p?

    I picked up my 12x250v solar panels from Santan solar the other day, nice operation they've got down there. While I was there the lady I was dealing with suggested setting my arrey up in a 3s4p configuration. When I asked why she couldn't give me an answer, just that this is what they would...
  • Starting to piece together my solar wall. I need help with some of the components.

    Ok, the system is 48v 5kw growatt inverter/charge controller. Powered by 2x 100ah 48v liFe batteries and 3000w of panels. At the moment I only have the inverter, the transformer, the batteries and the panels. I need to buy everything else. Any recommendations for DC disconnect, PV disconnect...
  • Signature Solar refusing to give me support regarding the growatt es5000 and autotransformer.... Is this normal?

    When there is so much confusion around the es5000 and the autotransformer. I wanted to confirm with Signature Solar that I was installing the setup correctly. My simple question was, do I need to have leg 1 and leg 2 from the autotransformer going into a separate sub panel and do I need to...
  • Signature Solar refusing to give me support regarding the growatt es5000 and autotransformer.... Is this normal?

    When there is so much confusion around the es5000 and the autotransformer. I wanted to confirm with Signature Solar that I was installing the setup correctly. My simple question was, do I need to have leg 1 and leg 2 from the autotransformer going into a separate sub panel and do I need to...
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