Your guide to smart, optimal, self-sufficient energy.
Your guide to smart, optimal, self-sufficient energy.
The amount of current (Amps) that a 1500 Watt inverter draws will mainly depend on the voltage of the battery bank (12V, 24V, or 48V), and the power usage (Watts) of the AC load. However, the wires and over-current protection…
The maximum amount of Current (Amps) that a 2000 watt inverter is capable of drawing from the battery will mainly depend on 2 factors: The conversion efficiency of the inverter The voltage rating of the battery bank And in order…
In this article, I discuss the amount of Current (Amps) that a 1000 Watt inverter is capable of pulling from the battery and explain how to use the voltage of your battery bank and the efficiency of your inverter to…
When trying to figure out what size charge controller you’ll need for your 800W system, you’ll need to consider 3 ratings: The Battery voltages (12V/24V/48V) that the charge controller is designed to operate with. The Output Current rating of the…
The main rating of a solar charge controller is its Output Current rating (in Amps), and this rating represents the maximum amount of current that the charge controller will be able to deliver at its output. However, when sizing a…
When sizing a solar charge controller, the main specification to consider is the Output Current rating of the charge controller. For example, a 10 Amp rating means that the maximum amount of current that the charge controller is capable of…
The main rating of a solar charge controller that you should consider is its Output Current rating. The Output Current rating or the “size” of the solar charge controller that you need for your 300w solar panel, will mainly depend…
The size of wire that you need to connect your solar components together will generally depend on 2 variables: The maximum amount of current (Amps) that will be flowing through the wire The length of the wire In this article,…
Watts (Power), Watt-hours (Energy), Amps (Current), Amp-hours (Charge), and Volts (Potential) are the units used to measure electricity, and they are often confused and ununderstood. After reading this quick article, you’ll learn about what these units represent in a battery,…
In this article, I explain how to correctly size the wires that you need to connect your solar panels to your charge controller. After reading this, you’ll learn about wire size and ampacity, wire insulation, electrical codes for sizing these…
In this article, I explain the difference between wiring solar panels in series and wiring them in parallel. You’ll learn about voltage, current, and power in both configurations, and you’ll also learn how series, parallel, and series-parallel connections are achieved.…
Fuse and other overcurrent protection devices are an essential part of any electrical circuit. In this article, I’ll explain why you need fuses between your solar panels and the solar charge controller, and I’ll show you how to correctly size…
