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I admit I am thoroughly confused with hp and watts. I have a Franklin 1hp submersible pump running on single phase 220vac. I use a dedicated 5k inverter to run it, it's only job. I find it very suitable for the task. All calculations tell me that 1 hp = approx. 745 watts. However, the inverter...

Can any expert here answer this question, this issue has hit me twice on my off grid system. One of my panels, all 340w 9a is currently putting out 40.5v; it's now 5.00pm and cloudy. Usually they all max out at 28v at midday with sun. My system is 24v. As you would realize with this over...

First off, I live in Thailand and get plenty of sunlight. My area is specified as providing 6 hours of sunlight on average per day. Sun all year and hot. Atm it's summer and I get approx. 11 hours of usable solar energy per day around 90% of the time. I mention this as it directly impacts on my...

Hi all - now in a position whereby I need to add another panel to my existing system. Problem is that the company I bought from does not supply the panels I previously bought any more. My panels are 340w 24v mono; my controller - Epever Tracer 40w - will allow another 2 panels at these specs...

Any one using super capacitors for devices with large start up requirements? In my case a 1.5 hp deep well pump. It takes a heap of energy to start, about 4 times the energy required to run. It appears that a correctly designed super capacitor should make this task more efficient in terms of...