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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 22 hours ago. 7 Replies

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 on Monday. 4 Replies

Here's a pretty good review of the Tiger Claw…Continue

Adding Batteries to the System

Started by Thomas Matica in Batteries. Last reply by ryan r on Monday. 4 Replies

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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 May 16. 25 Replies

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 2:30pm 3 Comments

New member, first post. So far I have 1 Harbor Freight kit  and 2-35 ah Harbor Freight batteries. When hooking up these in parallel does the charge controller need to be hooked up to negative on one battery and positive on the other or can it just be hooked up to the closest one? The other question is how many kits can be controlled by one Harbor Freight 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

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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