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  1. wade0000

    Battery...schmattery.... Voltage drop limit TRIGGER

    Hello there again, I currently manually shut off the solar 24V battery banks running whatever I am running when my voltage gets down to 24.2 volts. (AGM) I have a wireless stream coming from the CC that I can see the instantaneous voltage from inside my house. The inverter and batteries are in...
  2. wade0000

    Maximum Daily Energy Storage with Panels to the SE for next summer?

    Hello there Earthlings: Got a curiosity question: I did not get my issue with the CC shutting down intermittently and not charging for hours fixed until about the beginning of November. This is my first year with the off-grid system installed. I have my panels mounted on my garage in about...
  3. wade0000

    Is this safe???!!!

    Hello, I am in the process of running a completely separate circuit from my unattached garage that has the solar system in it, into my house. This separate circuit will only have 2 or 3 outlets inside the house and will be used only for emergency lighting, emergency fans, etc. HOWEVER.... I...
  4. wade0000

    Question about using solar for an emergency circuit for your house from you unattached garage.

    Hello, My solar power system is completely inside an unattached garage... panels, CC, batteries, inverter, etc. Being that I don't need to run my outdoor pond pump in the winter when the goldfish go to the bottom and don't really need dissolved oxygen, I wanted to repurpose my solar output for...
  5. wade0000

    How much power does an Inverter use just sitting there idling?

    Hello, Quick question. I have a 24V 3000W pure sine wave inverter powering two 15A circuits. The inverter itself uses about 30W running a 500W load. There are some times that there is no load. Does the inverter still consume the same amount of power then? Or significantly less because it is...
  6. wade0000

    Manual switch grid versus solar: Does this violate code?

    Hello there. I have a unattached garage that I added solar to power. It already had an AC line coming in. I wanted to be able to switch back and forth for the garage circuit solar versus the grid based on battery charge, demand etc. Here is what I did: I wired a 3-prong plug into the circuit...
  7. wade0000

    For all you Old Timers out there: How old was your first DIY solar install? Just curious what the panels sizes were then and the payback years?

    Just curious to hear from you old timers about your earlies DIY solar energy systems you built?
  8. wade0000

    Dumb question of the day...

    Dumb question of the day... I am really too tired to think clearly. My max theoretical panel power is 1400W. Here it is in November (northern hemisphere in Virginia) and I am maxxing out my charge controller at 1040W during a couple of hours around noon. What would you suggest I do to get the...
  9. wade0000

    Can you dim down a huge LED light bank?

    Hey, as surplus, I was given a brand new 175W LED outdoor parking lot type light. I installed it in my dim 20x20 garage and it is almost too much light to add to my 4 LED bulbs in there already. So, if a 60W incandescent equivalent bulb is like 8W LED, is there a way to dim down the 175W LED...
  10. wade0000

    My COVID Project LOL - 1.4KW Off-Grid Garage

    Hello everyone, New to the forum. Back in March when it was apparent we were going to be in a long lock down mode and would be stuck at home a lot, I decided to put in an off-grid system for my detached garage. I wanted to design, purchase and install everything in order for me to 1) have...
  11. wade0000

    Troubleshooting Solar Power Issue - SC Volts, 0 Amps

    Hello, I am really frustrated with not being able to use logic and tests to determine the cause of an INTERMITTENT problem with my off-grid solar power system in my garage. Quick system set up: Four(4) 350W panels (1.4KW) - connected in series-parallel (78V X 18A) max power EPEVER 40A Charge...
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