Can 48V DC kill you?
Whenever you perform an off-grid solar installation, you should be as careful as with any other electrical installation. A 48V DC battery system from an off-grid PV system should not …
What is a Critical Load Panel?
A critical load panel is regarded as a secondary electrical panel next to your main electrical panel. It is also called an essential load panel. Both are the same. When …
Best BMS for LiFePO4
When looking for the best BMS for LiFePO4, you might get overwhelmed with different choices. This article will make you pick the right one. There are a few parameters in …
What Does Ah Mean on a Battery
When you look at a battery, there will be three specifications. These are: Volts (V) Ampére hour (Ah) Watt-hour (Wh) Now, you are interested to know what the second one …
Off-Grid Solar Without Battery
This article will tell you how you can run off-grid solar without batteries. First of all, this article isn’t about grid-tied systems where you can use the grid as a …
LiFePO4 Voltage Chart (1 Cell, 12V, 24V, 48V)
When you receive your new LiFePO4 (Lithium iron phosphate) battery, you might wonder about the battery’s voltage and state of charge (SOC). This article will show you the LiFePO4 voltage …
Best Tilt Angle For Solar Panels [Summer + Winter]
Power output for solar panel systems highly depends on solar radiation incidence over the photovoltaic (PV) modules. Installing fixed solar panels might prove profitable in many locations, but ignoring the …
How Many Batteries for a 3000 watt Inverter?
You are here because you want to run a 3000 watt inverter from one or more batteries. No problem. Let me tell you how you should do it. Read the …
Mixing Solar Panels that are Mismatched
So you have two or more panels that are mismatched and you want to connect them together? In this article, I’m going to tell you the best way to wire …
Is Battery Charging Better in Series or Parallel?
We can wire our batteries in series or parallel as I have written about in my previous article. Now when you want to charge your batteries, you might think that …