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DC Wire Size for 1500/3000 Watt Pure Sine Inverter?
Started by Thomas Matica in Power Inverters. Last reply by John Manzo 2 hours ago. 7 Replies 0 Likes
What would be an adequate size wire from the battery bank to the inverter on the Tiger Claw pure sine inverter? Assume max load, although this would rarely be the case. That probably affords an adequate safety margin so just go with the minimum to…Continue
Tiger Claw 1500 watt pure sine inverter YouTube review
Started by Thomas Matica in Power Inverters. Last reply by Thomas Matica yesterday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Here's a pretty good review of the Tiger Claw inverter. He opens the case and runs some test loads analyzing with a small handheld meter/scope. Continue
Adding Batteries to the System
Started by Thomas Matica in Batteries. Last reply by ryan r on Monday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I have a system with 380 watts of panel wired for 24 volts charging through a…Continue
House Wiring DC LED Lighting Only Questions.
Started by ryan r in General Discussion. Last reply by ryan r on Saturday. 2 Replies 1 Like
OK, So I won't do this for another two weeks as that is when I will be coming back home from offshore. Hence I have a little time to figure out the best method for this. I need input on these things listed below.A.) Permanent Installation of LED…Continue
HF Chicago Electric Power Inverter model item 95596 2000 Watt Continuous/4000 Watt Peak Power Inverter
Started by dave simmon in General Discussion. Last reply by Renewable Ray on Saturday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I bought one of these over a year ago. Extended warranty maxed. I am Looking at it New in the Box still. I am at the point of wiring a tiger claw 1500 up. But this thing keeps glaring at Me.What I am asking because I cannot find a review of it. Is…Continue
Remote Switch is it Doable?
Started by dave simmon in General Discussion. Last reply by Bill K on Saturday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I am at the point Where common sense is winning out. So I need some Advice. I will have two inverter coming off one battery bank.One Tiger Claw 1500 will Keep the Fridge and Freezer going. I want to keep this one on all the time. I think over…Continue
HF Solar Panels and HF 30 amp CC
Started by John Manzo in Harbor Freight Solar Panels. Last reply by John Manzo on Saturday. 5 Replies 0 Likes
I have 7 Harbor Freight panels (2 kits plus 1 panel ) and the 30 amp charge controller. My question is, I know each panel is 1amp for a total of 7amps. I am noticing on a good sunny day my charge controller shows 8 amps coming in at times, is…Continue
Looking for your blown up toys
Started by Dale Marshall in General Discussion. Last reply by Dale Marshall on Friday. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Some members on here know, That I am a Electronics's Tech / Disabled Vet. So every once in awhile I throw it out I collect up blown up . Inverters, Grid Tie Inverters, Charge controllers. Mainly if it deals with Solar I collect and try to fix them…Continue
Analog Meters
Started by Hillbilly Gene in General Discussion. Last reply by Hillbilly Gene on Friday. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Analog meters may seem to be “old school” in this digital world, but there’s a lot to be said for them.It’s much easier to see a voltage dip or current spike on an analog meter when an inverter kicks in than a fluctuating digital meter.I like the…Continue
Latest Portable Solar Generator
Started by Renewable Ray in General Discussion. Last reply by John Manzo on Friday. 25 Replies 4 Likes
If you guys haven't built a small portable solar generator yet I highly recommend that you do. My gal Sara has never played with solar first hand and this has been the best teaching tool you can imagine. I have built these in one form or another…Continue
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Battery connections
Posted by Leonard Thompson on May 21, 2013 at 2:39pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
New member--first post-So far I have 1 HF kit and 2-35 ah hf batteries.When hooking up these in parallel does the charge controller need to be hooked up to neg on one battery and pos on other or can it just be hooked up to the closest one? The other question is how many kits can be controlled by one hf Controller I have an array rack built for four? Thanks for your input.
Maximum voltage expected in solar systems
Posted by Kraig Whiting on May 20, 2013 at 1:02pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Trying to spec out a new LED board. It would cost less to build if the board was designed to operate in the 10-24 volt range instead of a 10-30 VDC range.
What is the maximum voltage I should expect to see in solar systems? Would a 24 volt upper limit be a problem for many users?
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