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    Basics of Off The Grid Solar

    Found this series of articles by Ron Young and though you might enjoy them.

    PART 1 - LOAD ANALYSIS

    PART 2 - BATTERIES & SOLAR PANELS

    PART 3 - SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLERS

    PART 4 - SAFETY

    PART 5 - INVERTERS
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    Thanks for the links, Stig.

    I know nothing about anything electrical, but this is actually quite enlightening. I learned something.
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    Thank you it is one of the projects that I plan on putting together this year.

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    Will have to tell dh about this, he's the electical guy and you know we're going all solar so THANK YOU!!!!
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    Thanks for the great info. This is going to be one of my next "big prep" projects.

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    Thanks, I've been jacking around with some cheap panels from harbor freight and 12 volt lights and this information is written so even I can understand it.

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