Portable (Folding) Solar Panels – what to look for Solar Panels are great – they allow us to put charge back into our batteries no matter where we happen to go. No doubt you’ve also realised that with panels there’s a major choice to be made – put them on the roof or have them […]

Designing a 12Volt system Where to start? Well we start by deciding what sort of 12Volt stuff we’d like to have. It doesn’t matter if it’s an off-grid cottage somewhere, or a small camper-trailer – the process starts off with that same key question – what do I want? Without answering that question first, it’s […]

 Parallel, Series, Shading and Diodes   This is a subject that repeatedly comes up in debates, we often have solar panels in parallel, and adding diodes into the chat seems to fuel the confusion as well. And aren’t blocking diodes built into all solar panels these days anyway? Or is it in the regulators? And […]