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I felt like I was hijacking / monopolizing this awesome CPAP discussion: How to power a cpap ... so I thought our of respect for the guys in that thread, I'd start my own thread. :) Short Details: The SF Bay Area has had a lot of blackouts and my girlfriend's elderly Grandfather wants a...

Hey guys! I've been searching this great forum for everything related to the Bluetti AC200P which I'm getting in the next week (I'm including the word AC200 for easier search result purposes) ;) I mostly got it for emergency outages... which are becoming more frequent and longer in the San...

California made some really big changes to state laws regarding ADU's (Accessory Dwelling Unit), making it MUCH easier for people to add a small house onto their existing residential property. We're in the process of evaluating a few companies (sonderpods and habitat adu) to have a...

So, I was recently watching Will's great new milk-crate video (below) and saw that he's using this battery (his link from the video) Battery $359 https://amzn.to/2YqeTjW Will does a great job reviewing his batteries, and I was expecting more details, links, or even videos regarding the battery...

How many "You're an idiot, you're going to blow yourself up!" questions do I get to post before I get booted off the forum? ;) I've searched Google for hours and can't figure out the answer to this question. Say I have two identical 12V lead-acid batteries and this cheap charge controller...

Hey guys, sorry this is probably a dumb set of questions, but here goes... I have a handful of 34.5V panels I got cheap (see attached) from a friend. I thought this was going to be a simple way for me to "play with solar", but turns out to be a rabbit-hole of confusion and questions :( It...

I have a handful of old solar panels (see attached) and I'd love to use them for emergency daytime power... no battery, etc., just juice right from the panels to run simple 120 volt devices. ... but I don't know how to do this without using a batter. I see @Will Prowse 's great article here...

Hey all, I could use some help! My existing 3.96 kW system (10 years old) consists of: 18 REC 220 W panels 18 TIGO optimizers SMA Sunny Boy SB3000US Inverter ... and I need more power (probably double)! My original plan was to add more panels + new TIGO optimizers + new inverter, but pretty...

I'm in California on a Time Of Use rate plan (grandfathered into E-6) where electricity is much more expensive during peak usage times from 4pm - 9pm (when solar isn't producing as much... i.e., the duck curve of solar & consumption). I already have a 3kw system facing south, but it is no...