Posts from April 2024

Solar power for a shed – DC.

Many many people make the mistake or maybe the presumption that they need a inverter, and this for the most part is not true as[…]

Solar Pergolas

Solar Pergolas That Light Up Your Life (and Your Wallet!) Sunsets are beautiful, but soaring electricity bills? Not so much. Here at RenewSolar, we’re transforming[…]

Does your solar array have to match the inverter?

Solar Panels, Inverters, and Batteries: A Linked System for Optimized Performance Solar panels, inverters, and batteries work together to create a solar power system. While[…]

Electrical regulations – history and cause

How did wiring get complicated and why? Here I go into the history books as to how and why things came about in electrical installations

Export payments (MSC, SEG and SETO)

The Government Club ( mates) dreamed up a regulated payment system known as FIT ( feed in tariff) this brought along a lot of cowboys[…]

Charging Solar Batteries

Charging Solar Batteries: Focus on Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) This post explore LiFePO4 battery charging, considering temperature, current, and the impact on pack and cell[…]

The Garden Solar Array

The first problem with garden solar is the planning and regulations that you need to meet, so lets get those out of the way, and[…]

Shading solar panels

we looked at shading on Half Cut cell solar panels, does it really work? maybe not?

Best cost grid tied system.

Choosing solar can be complicated as there are many options to select from.We can really cut the mustard with our straight talking plain advice, and[…]

Micro Solar in real life.

If you have thought about solar, the changes are you wanted to take baby steps, it is a very common way to “get into solar”.[…]