Why not cover parking lots with panels instead of fields? It would shade the concrete(reduce atmospheric heating) and shade the autos(reducing heating and need for ac) and not use up green space, plus it would help charge EV.

Hello everyone, I am trying to convert a camper van into a streaming space and am having issues determining my solar power needs.

I believe I have figured out the kWh I will need per day if I stream for 6 hours. With 3 monitors, a pc and lighting, I figured it would be 1.2 kw/h. I live in Socal so I'm planning to get an AC unit as well which I read usually runs around 1.5 kw/h. So I figure I have 2.7 kw/h draw and stream for 6 hours would be a need for at least 16.2 kwh per day. Does this sound right and is it feasible?

As the title states I need the front desk or operator number to Sun Power Corporate office in Richmond Ca. TIA

I have a shipping container that I have a printer in that I would like to power via solar. I also have a few battery chargers in it for drills, reciprocating saw, etc. What would your recommendation be for a system that would be able to accommodate this criteria? We do not want to spend very much on this as it is a minimal amount of power needed.

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Long story short, I live in Ukraine and we are starting to have regular power outages again. And I have a 3d printers that I use to make some important things. Can I connect power supply to the mppt instead of solar panel and power plug directly into the printer? I believe that if I there is not that big of a load, the mppt will be fine. What do you guys think?

Edit: I do have lifepo4 batteries , that I forgot to mention

Anyone know what the buttons do for selecting settings?

Starting a solar power project. Really wanting to learn but with some semi-real stuff. What would be a decent brand to buy for a 300w panel, charge controller, and battery? (I have an inverter) My intention is to try to get my small office off the grid. I recognize one panel and battery may not be enough, but i just want to start this journey....

Does anyone here have access and knowledge on how to read solar panel power data. I’m thinking from the HOMER database in particular would be very helpful…

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elp! I have 4 superbeasts- for a solar bank. I hooked up one and it ran my ac for 30 mins no sun. Then I hooked up 2 1/2 and it ran for 5 hours with the sun. Clearly it took a while to drain (starting around 13.3) and slowollw went down down to 11.5 then shut off.
Well I hooked up more to make 3, and it won’t even run ac for 5 mins. Power starts 13.5 and takes steep dive quickly and ends up at 11,5 under 3 mins. I don’t get it!!!! The power I’m monitoring is from 4000 inverter Is it Because they are not balanced yet? (In the mail) or the way I have them hooked together? Positive to positive negative to negative

I don’t understand. I had 8 deep cell batts all hooked up in parallel and would run all night long before inverter would beep

I have a big piece of land in Argentina and I got an offer to rent it out to a solar company. Do you guys know if it is a good idea to rent it to a solar company and do you know the yield for something like this big?

So I use my battery up every single day, on either my commute or weekend activities.

I have a large stand alone double garage, and I’m thinking of putting solar panels on the roof.

Im thinking, if I have enough surface area and a battery back on the wall to store the 11kwhs needed to charge her I won’t need to pay for any electric at all !

Anyone know what I’d need and who can supply such a system ?

Thinking it could be stand alone…

I live in the south of the UK.

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Bit of background info I'm an electrical / control systems engineer in a steam turbine plant and I'm contemplating installing a thermal solar panel to heat my hot tub to save a bit of cash on electricity bills. My idea is very crude but it should work relatively cheaply.

I want to use a second hand good quality thermal solar panel connected to a central heating pump which I will connect to a temperature switch etc to turn the pump on and off.

As I'm not familiar with Thermal Solar but I'm familiar with steam systems - my concern is when the pump is stopped you will still be heating the water uncontrollably I assume. I don't want to generate steam so I'm not sure how the panels would regulate this?

Solar panel i'm planning on using is a Kingspan FPW30 or similar

Central heating pump will be a Grundfos UPM3 or similar.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I recently picked up this new Ebook and now I'm officially taking the first steps to getting off the grid.  It's an easy read with step by step instructions on how to incorporate solar energy into your home.  No, I am not an affiliate for this book and I do not get paid for referring it to you.  Its a great book and an excellent place to start if you've ever thought about solar energy. It comes with a couple other free short info books for off grid living and a ton of great worksheets to organize the project.  Let me know what you think.

Hello! I'm moving to what can be described as "middle of no where". I'm very concerned come winter that I will lose power. I'm really wanting to dabble into solar power as a back up option for my two leopard tanks and a 20 gallons fish tank. If anyone has had any experience I would appreciate it greatly!