Search...
Home Subscribe
Pie
Home Subscribe
Recent topics Flagged topics Hot topics Best topics
Search...
Search within solar Search permies
Advance search Google search
Register / Login
Gardening playing cards kickstarter Berm shed permaculture playing cards Green Living Book Sepp Holzer 3 in 1 Documentaries Farming terracing aquaculture
  • Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
permaculture playing cards apropedia trees Gardening playing cards kickstarter permaculture bootcamp woman working on barrel
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Devaka Cooray
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Nancy Reading
  • Timothy Norton
  • r ranson
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
  • paul wheaton
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • M Ljin
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Eino Kenttä
  • Jeremy VanGelder

Solar charge controller calculator

 
Josh Diehl
Posts: 2
1
posted 4 months ago
  • Likes 4
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hi all! I know figuring out the optimal series / parallel wiring for a charge controller can be a chore, so I created an interactive series parallel calculator.  

I added animations and visual cues to help the viewer better understand what's going on instead of just spitting out numbers
  • Size of the "packets" correlates to voltage - bigger packet higher voltage
  • Distance between packets correlates to current - the closer together the higher the current

    • I also added details like accounting for ambient temperature effect on voltage.

    Happy to hear any impressions or suggestions.





    Screenshot-2025-07-25-at-10.36.59-PM.png
    [Thumbnail for Screenshot-2025-07-25-at-10.36.59-PM.png]

    Solar enthusiast & creator rooftop solar calculator & other home energy calculators

     
    Jeremy VanGelder
    gardener
    Posts: 1687
    Location: Proebstel, Washington, USDA Zone 6B
    1063
    3
    I like...
    wheelbarrows and trailers kids trees earthworks woodworking
    posted 4 months ago
    • Likes 2
    • Mark post as helpful
    • send pies
      Number of slices to send:
      Optional 'thank-you' note:
      Send
    • Quote
    • Report post to moderator
    Hey Josh, that looks really handy. Welcome to Permies!

    Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

     
    You didn't ask if I was naked, you asked if I was decent. This is a decent, naked, tiny ad:
    The new purple deck of permaculture playing cards
    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards
    reply
    reply
      Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
    • New Topic
    Boost this thread!
    Similar Threads
    More...