Built A tiny home, but it has solar issues

[The_realTW]

Happy hump day everyone, Although silly I know, we all can learn from this!

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[The_realTW]

FYI...In my situation, posts from my home PC always go straight to the forum but every post from my PC at work are always held for mod approval. Don't know if that clue is helpful of not. Sorry to divert the thread but with no PM's allowed here there is no other way to communicate.

Its all good Dave.

Bet you love solar in Gilbert huh, I once filmed a movie there, we did a scene at some feed store grrrr couldnt tell you the name, except it was a local place, real nice people. We shut the entire place down for two days.

I digress

[The_realTW]

And i have asked our IT department to find out why your posts go to Moderation. I am usually on the forum and try to get them approved when I see them but sometimes I am not fast enough so they stay in limbo for a while.

Honestly nothing I am saying here is life critical, were very much in the planning stages

I do appreciate it, I suspect it could be the "frequency" of the posts picking up some silly archaic automated spam thing, also I am in Mexico so everytime I try to edit a post it gets "held" again I was in IT for 20 years, and I always found forums to be very restrictive, especially if people didnt customize them instead of leave them in their default configurations

[SunEagle]

FYI...In my situation, posts from my home PC always go straight to the forum but every post from my PC at work are always held for mod approval. Don't know if that clue is helpful of not. Sorry to divert the thread but with no PM's allowed here there is no other way to communicate.

And i have asked our IT department to find out why your posts go to Moderation. I am usually on the forum and try to get them approved when I see them but sometimes I am not fast enough so they stay in limbo for a while.

[azdave]

FWIW it's not just you, there is one other long time member that this seems to happen to.

FYI...In my situation, posts from my home PC always go straight to the forum but every post from my PC at work are always held for mod approval. Don't know if that clue is helpful of not. Sorry to divert the thread but with no PM's allowed here there is no other way to communicate.

[The_realTW]

FWIW it's not just you, there is one other long time member that this seems to happen to. It's something about the forum that hasn't quite been figured out yet. We'll try to approve your posts ASAP until it's sorted out. Maybe having two members with the problem will lead to figuring out what the problem is.

I hope so, I really love it here, and hate when that happens. I am in Mexico which according to like "Every website" i visit lately is the "spammer kingdom" (which we all know is in Nigeria lol), so Maybe thats it.

I appreciate the looking out though

[sdold]

Also hey Mods! Is there a reason why I am always "unapproved" doesnt that make more work for you?

FWIW it's not just you, there is one other long time member that this seems to happen to. It's something about the forum that hasn't quite been figured out yet. We'll try to approve your posts ASAP until it's sorted out. Maybe having two members with the problem will lead to figuring out what the problem is.

[The_realTW]

Also hey Mods! Is there a reason why I am always "unapproved" doesnt that make more work for you?

[The_realTW]

Two 12v batteries in parallel would give you twice the Amphours at 12 volts. Two in series would be half the Amps at 24 volts. The Watthours would be the same.
Parallel is positive to positive and same for negatives. Series is one positive to negative which is why voltage adds.

right all that ! . what he said! Why is it I still get those two confused!

Oh keep in mind the system is running TWO 6 volts, not 12, so combining them as we are now would make the 12 volts @ 400AH, I think....

But if the voltage is split otherwise it would be 6 volts @ 800AH, yeah that may not work!

[The_realTW]

Two 12v batteries in parallel would give you twice the Amphours at 12 volts. Two in series would be half the Amps at 24 volts. The Watthours would be the same.
Parallel is positive to positive and same for negatives. Series is one positive to negative which is why voltage adds.

right all that ! . what he said! Why is it I still get those two confused!

[Ampster]

oh btw everyone, based on my current knowledge I do believe the two panels are in series and the batteries are in Parallel , the reason I suspect this is because the + of one battery is connected to the - of the other. then they go to the inverter. Obviously swapping this out would allow me more AH but also have to run more cables, something to think about as I now am getting 12 volt 400AH, but the othe way would give me 800AH correct?

Two 12v batteries in parallel would give you twice the Amphours at 12 volts. Two in series would be half the Amps at 24 volts. The Watthours would be the same.
Parallel is positive to positive and same for negatives. Series is one positive to negative which is why voltage adds.

[The_realTW]

oh btw everyone, based on my current knowledge I do believe the two panels are in series and the batteries are in Parallel , the reason I suspect this is because the + of one battery is connected to the - of the other. then they go to the inverter. Obviously swapping this out would allow me more AH but also have to run more cables, something to think about as I now am getting 12 volt 400AH, but the othe way would give me 800AH correct?

[The_realTW]

Ok Everyone, here is the update.

Yesterday I purchased my second book on solar, I was so fascinated with this one I read it straight through in one sitting. So informative and so full of useful information and also (ughhh) lots of math.

I really recommend this book , even over the "dummies" book. While that book had a good base, it had a lot of content that really was tough to slog through and I found maybe 20 percent (of the dummies book) of practical use. On the plus side if I ever want to make a solar oven or waterfall I can do that now

As for the other book it was $5.50 on Kindle, and all I can say is I wish I had read it prior to ever handing over any money.

You can find it here

Ahhh live and learn and then really do it right (with the help of this awesome forum!)
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[The_realTW]

Just wanted to say hi and hope to be learning from you all

Welcome, I hope my information is helpful, these guys are really really awesome.

[rlloyd]

Just wanted to say hi and hope to be learning from you all