Series-Parallel in Pictures This popped up on Facebook and I had to borrow it. When combining batteries to…
Lithium 9: All Charged Up This series of posts on a lead-acid to lithium battery upgrade(?) regards a fairly decent…
My Choices for Practical EVs My choice is probably not what you think. A few years back I really wanted…
Lithium Upgrade 7: Lights Out While I am generally pleased and optimistic about my Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery upgrade…
What Do You Need In An Inverter? Last time I mentioned I was swapping out the inverter aboard Sun King and last…
John Kimball, Prophet? John’s latest email ad blast warns of storms, fire, floods and just about everything short…
Lithium Battery Upgrade 6: Up the Creek On a boat cruising forum I follow, one of the members has a tagline of…
You Snooze, You Lose–Savings From the Sunelec Email Bulletins Are you on Sun Electronics’ mailing list? John does not send out many emails, but…
Lithium Battery Upgrade V: Gone to the Island After much shifting of plans, The Sun King, newly equipped with a semi-massive Lithium Iron…
Sawmill Day and Solar Power The Alger-Sullivan Historical Society, in Century, Florida, has its annual Sawmill Day coming up May…
Lithium IV, Cottonmouths and Gila Monsters I think where we were last time was I had the starboard battery assembled and…
Lithium III….It Lives! Converting from Lead-Acid to LFP in an Electric Boat It isn’t made pretty, yet, but the Sun King’s starboard battery bank is now a…
Lithium II…The Journey Continues When I went to bed last night I was anticipating spending a Sunday afternoon working…
Everything I Don’t Know About Lithium Batteries And a few things I do. Lithium batteries are everywhere and you probably have some. …
Such a Deal John Kimball, owner of Sun Electronics, proclaims to offer the best deals on solar panels.…
Don’t Forget Solar Thermal Power It is easy to get all excited about making electricity with solar panels, but electricity…
John’s Gone Bonkers! That’s nothing new. He gets excited about things, especially solar. At the top of some…
Solar Farms Banned! In recent news, some solar farm projects have been rejected for environmental reasons! Bear with…
Troubleshooting Sometimes things just don’t go right. Sometimes it is an easy fix. Sometimes it requires…
Poly, Mono or Thin Film? My lifelong friend Courtney, based in North Carolina, is gradually retiring from his job and…
Emergency Power, Part 2–My First System I have been promising Part 2 for a long time. In fact, I meant to…
A Little Late Hopefully, not too late. Last time I promised a series on emergency backup power, with…
Go Big or Learn to Make Do Solar isn’t just for hippies anymore. You won’t see many 12v systems, powering just a…
EVs and Solar Charging Electric Vehicles (EVs) have been around over a century and have been very popular and…
One Moment, Please I called John to fuss about the website and email. Yeah, there’ve been problems. In…
It’s That Time Again Hurricane season had an ominous start this year, though nothing much has come of it,…
What Voltage Should My Battery Be? As a rule, the Direct Current (DC) side of an off-grid or backup home power…
The President’s Analyst I watched an old movie the other night. Re-watched it, actually. Gee, you’re getting old…
There’s An App for That In early summer of 2015, I was on my solar expedition launch Sun King. Cruising…
Firmware Update and New Capabilities Back when I worked for a living, I was the hardware guy and my partner…