|
CLICK A TOPIC BELOW
FOR A MORE DETAILED ARTICLE.
A
Simple Explanation- How to get started with
renewable energy, an explanation of components and how
they work with diagrams
OFF-GRID ARTICLES
Off-Grid Upgrade- Three voltage choice add-ons
to upgrade or expand your existing off-grid system with
minimal changes to the existing configuration.
Getting Your Off-Grid Home Ready For Winter- A
checklist of those things to review before the cold sets
in
The Off-Grid Home-
How to get started with homemade electricity in a remote
home. Rough ideas of what systems cost and where to put
them.
Appliance Selection
in Your Off-Grid Home & Phantom Loads- Detailed
descriptions of everything from simple lighting,
computers and electrical components, to large
appliances.
How Much Power Do You
Use & How Many Solar Panels Will You Need-
Article contains explanations for doing AC Load
calculations, as well as a downloadable worksheet. Solar
Radiation Map with percentages to compensation for
cloudy days in order to help determine watts needed.
How to Size Your Off-Grid
System & Example Systems- Simple explanation for
sizing your system, as well as some examples with
pricing.
MPPT Charge
Controllers- Why they are needed in certain
installations
When To Use DC Appliances and
Voltage Converters
Wiring Your Home for
Efficiency- Best practices for wiring your home
to maximize your renewable energy system
Safety & Local
Help
Wire Sizing Charts
Sample Battery
Wiring Diagrams
GRID-TIED ARTICLES
Electric Bill Too High- Article about grid-tie
systems and how they work to reduce or eliminate your
electric bill through net-metering
Utility Outages & Back-up Power- Article
explaining off-grid systems and creating a back-up
system
AC Coupling: Adding batteries to an
existing battery-less grid-tied system- Article
explaining our easy to set-up grid-tie retrofit kits
that allow you to add battery back up to your existing
grid-tie battery-less system without rewiring the
existing set-up
Sizing Your Grid-Tie System- Solar radiation map
and formulas for sizing your system
Wire Sizing Charts
Safety & Local
Help
MICRO-HYDRO
Sizing a Micro-Hydro System- Article from one of
our newsletters that discusses the steps to take to
determine if your stream is suitable for generating your
electricity.
GENERAL INTEREST
Environmental Concerns
RV/Boat Solar
Power
Survival/Self
Reliance
Utility Outages
Return to the top
To seriously study to plan a power system
for your remote home, we suggest you get a free printed copy of our catalog. It
is a 200 page bound bookwith more detailed
photographs. Just email us
and include your postal address (our mailing list is never given out or sold).
|
