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Charging a 6V battery
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Hi Folks, I have a 6V 5Ah lead-acid gell battery which I use in a Dolphin torch. I don't have my 6V charger handy, so thought I would use my regulated variable power supply (max current: 1A) to charge it. I set the voltage to 7.2 volts but this produced only a trickle of current (about 30 mA). I raised the vol...
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Solar Panel Installation.
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I am about to embark on a project of installing another solar panel on top of our van. I am planning on gluing fiberglass pads to the roof, and not using any other form of fastening to attach the mounting feet to the roof. If anyone is interested, I will post up the process with pictures as the project progr...
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Cleaning Solar Panels
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Hi all, Tony_Bev has asked me to provide some information to everyone in relation to cleaning your solar panels.... My background before retiring was the owner/operator of Townsville Solar Clean, sold it in August 2016 with a clientelle of 700+ on the list... Anyway, we utilised a water filtering...
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Ambient temperature re solar panels.
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Hi all. More to the point of how does temperature effect power generation considering that you may have sunny days either hot or cold. Any info would be great.
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Dr Sable
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Battery power
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i have 1600 watts of solar panels. and what to make my bus off the grid with power how many batteries and amp hours will it need to do so with them watts thx
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Solar Sparky Albany WA ?
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Hi folks, Looking for recommendations for a (mobile) Solar Guru here in Albany WA.
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Salus
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Testing Solar Panels?
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How do I very simply test if panels are working with a multi meter? Had intended to set the unit up for a day or so discharge battery & see if the portable panels recharge battery. That is now not possible due to Mr Murphy. My thinking is to temporarily hook every thing up connect a multi meter. Is tha...
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How can i run AGM and Lithium Ion batteries together on solar.
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I currently run a 120ah agm with a single 200w solar panel on top of millard 16ft poptop and want to upgrade system to 2 x 120ah batteries and 300w solar panels.
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polki
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Sat Phone Subsidy
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Hi all, anyone know if the Satellite Phone Subsidy is still available, as I can't seem to find any info confirming current availability. also what's new or hot re this subject Cheers Len
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Dolly
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All to much
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Hi The more I read about solar panels the less I understand. I started off thinking about a generator but now lean towards solar. What I am looking for is;advice of the best solar system, do all systems shut down when a small portion of the panel get in the shade.how big should my system be, we have a camper...
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Panel fixed
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Well today job was to get my panels working again so I asked Mr McGoogle for help how to test the panel easy he says , so out to McRoof I go and sure enough one is not working, so off the roof with him it was , and on to mr McBench for a continuity test on the wires in the junction box lid off and found the little tin...
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Solar panel controller wiring
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Dont know if this will help anyone my sister has two panels that go through a controler and 10 mths of cable. The cable which is supplied by the company is 6mm I tested the output of the controller on low batteries and the output will vary with condition of charge in the batteries it was 12.5 volts at the con...
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What watts?
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hi all I am going to buy portable solar panels, my q is 160 or 200 w panels they are the same $$ and output volts. So what is the difference? Thanks in advance for all comments.
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Trail star 540 Dirt road solar wiring
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A friend has a 2007 model of the above Caravan which has solar wiring factory installed. We have located one end (under the bed near the not so smart Smart Switch) but can find no indication where the other end may be located. Does anyone have one of these vans with roof mounted solar fitted that can advis...
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Suggestions - Good Quality Solar Panels and Regulator?
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Hi all, Ive been inspecting and testing some friends recent Solar Panel purchases. As with so many things now, they have been cheap Chinese models (eBay no name or Kings, etc) First thing i notice is the weak construction, flimsy braces and supports Second thing i nothing is the undersized wiring and...
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Solar Cubes and alternatives.
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looking at that page on "solar cubes" There are also Squared. cone types, where they are a tapered cone. which. in ideal conditions giving 1kw per sq metre. Allowing for shadows. They could be a big improvement on flat but haven't seen much on them lately?. Would be Fine for fixed bases. (Homes\factor...
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How to keep my battery charged during periods of storage at my mate's propery
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I've got a portable 20 watt solar panel which I bought with a view of leaving it plugged into the van during periods of non-use to keep my battery charged. But how should I connect this? Do I need a control unit to ensure the battery is not charged too much, and the solar panel doesn't drain the battery duri...
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C Tek d250s duel and solar panels
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hi all reading the user manual of this unit implies that I don't need to power through the mppt that comes with the solar panels. Just connect straight to d250s Does anybody have info otherwise? Also where do I connect the earth. Thanks.
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Fixing panels to a pop-top
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Earlier in this section, there is a question about attaching panels to the top of a van. These were screwed via aluminium brackets. I was in at the local "Road Track Marine" store yesterday & they have stick-on HD plastic corners plus side pieces. They are designed to not block the wind, to overc...
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Panels now not charging
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ok so the other day my new panels were charging in full sun around 8 + amps brought it out of the shed for some more maintanance and noticed there was no charge from the new panels , now all connections are good fuses are good even checked them for continuity all good am getting just 2 V and no amps. any ideas...
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