A Guide to Charging a 12v Battery at Home
One of the most common battery types on the road today is the 12-volt battery. These batteries have been present since World War II and are used in trucks, cars, motorcycles, tractors, etc. They can either be placed standalone or ...
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How to Charge Lithium Iron Phosphate Deep Cycle Batteries
In the past decade, Lithium-ion batteries have become a prominent part of our daily lives, not only in personal devices such as laptops and cell phones but also in the industries energy storage sector. These batteries continue to make an ...
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How Many Lithium Batteries to Power a House
Lithium batteries are safer, charge faster, and won’t occupy as much space as Lead-acid batteries. The biggest advantage is that you can almost use 100% capacity of a lithium-ion battery compared to 50% of a lead-acid battery. This means that ...
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How to Size a Lithium Battery Bank
Batteries are a great addition to backup power when you don't have access to power from the grid. And if you ever lose power due to a storm or any other emergency situation, it is crucial that you have enough ...
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What are the Types of Lithium-ion Battery Chemistries
Lithium batteries are a type of rechargeable battery that uses lithium-ion technology . The most common types you will find in the market is the lithium-ion used in electric vehicles , lithium-iron phosphate used for off grid and renewable energy ...
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How to Protect and Maintain your Solar Batteries
Taking care of solar batteries ensures you prolong their life, reduces your costs and ensure you avoid issues with your system. These problems include your battery draining, overheating, gassing and even a dead battery. We have listed some of the ...
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How to Set Up a Solar Charge Controller for a Battery Bank
Solar Panel Sizing and Wiring The Solar panels may come with MC4 connectors. Don’t cut these connectors as it may void the warranty. Rather buy two extension cables with bear sides and one with male and female connector. Use the ...
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Do You Need a Special Charge Controller for LiFePO4 Batteries
A solar charge controller is an integral part of a solar system and is described as the ‘heart’ of the solar setup. They ensure the battery is protected and charged and power is harvested from the solar array. Lithium batteries ...
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Is a MPPT Controller better than a PWM Charge Controller
MPPT is an automatic algorithm that utilizes Maximum Power Point Tracking technology to get the maximum power from solar modules. This is the main difference between the PWM and the MPPT controller. The PWM or Pulse Width Modulation controller acts ...
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Best Value MPPT Solar Charge Controller
Adding a MPPT Charge Controller to your system not only protects your battery but it also gives a boost to the power produced in the system. Any MPPT Controller you get can will work provided it meets some basic technical ...
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What Wire Size and Gauges for Small Solar System
Although wiring is one of the least expensive components of a small solar electric system it is not the least important. Even for a small system, mistakes in wiring can have serious consequences. These are easy errors to make. There ...
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How to Build a Battery Bank for home
A battery bank will help you get the power you need when the grid goes down or during tough weather conditions. Battery banks are also great for storing solar energy so that they can be used at night, on cloudy ...
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How Micro-inverters work
Solar installations need a lot of planning, time, and decision-making. One of the key factors which need to be put into consideration when putting together any solar system is the inverter. Micro-inverters are a recent advancement t the solar power ...
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How to choose an Inverter for Solar Power
Solar Panels produce power as a 12V DC current while most household appliances including TVs, Radios, Coffee makers etc run on AC power (220 - 230v). Hence this DC power will need to be converted in order to power these ...
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