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RV/automotive accessories like radios, TVs, or cocktail blenders are designed to operate at 12V. If you connected their power terminals...

Hello Clem, I have a niece living next to you in Adelaide, and I love that part of Australia, it sounds like your location is just a...

Let's just throw out a few numbers here and see what we come up with. First, let's assume your air-conditioner is a 5000W unit running...

I threw the parameters for your panels into Midnight's string calculator and see that for SSE's example of -25F above, your Voc might go...

It really is a apples vs oranges comparision. The kind of inverter you'd put on a hand-truck system is the kind of inverter you can...

I think it would be very valuable to post again when the results of your research results in some hands-on experience as to what...

Building 6" walls to accomidate thicker insulation is very well established, and I used that in the construction of my own cabin. I...

The real issue is flexibility, and how important that is in the application. Almost all AC applications are in walls, where there is no...

Maybe a more important question is whether or not you could generate 1700kWh per month. That's a very large system beyond maybe 95% of...

Yeah, I know, good solar is expensive. One place where you can save real money though is with locally bought solar panels. Here's what...

OK, here is where an itemized list of your items, and their wattage needs, becomes very important. Lights and a TV are easy, you are...

See pages 34-35.

I disagree. Although there is no code requirement for adding a breaker, I would breaker even just two strings. You never want to...

Just to be very clear first, is this your charge controller? I don't want to give you the wrong advice based on the wrong electronics...

Sorry, somehow I didn't catch the "New" in England? Poor reading comprehension skills? If you really need only 7-8kWh per day, a...

A couple of important questions, starting with units. You mention 7-8kW. That's not the unit usually describing a battery bank. You...

For my own location, with a shed-roof with only a 5% angle, I built a array frame out of unistrut members at the best angle to the sun...

I think you are making some serious design mistakes. Starting out, the fact that you are buying 10 12V panels suggests that you did not...

Dude, it would be really, really helpful if you told us what brand/model you were talking about.

Looking at that Newpowa panel, you are getting ~1.2W/$. Just making a quick search in your state, I found this.... You always get the...