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Carbon Monoxide Information Center (opens in a new tab)
CPSC
Generator and heater placement rules, and the reason those rules exist. Carbon monoxide kills more people after storms than the storms do, and the fix is free: distance and a working alarm.
- Government or standards bodyToolFree
PVWatts solar calculator (opens in a new tab)
NREL
Estimate what a panel array will actually produce at your address and tilt. Run it before you buy, because the number is usually lower than the marketing figure by a wide margin.
- Practitioner or communityToolFree
Battery University (opens in a new tab)
Cadex Electronics
Plain explanations of how lithium, lead acid and other chemistries age, charge and fail. Read the storage-state article before you put a battery bank away for a year.
- Practitioner or communityCommunityFree
r/solar (opens in a new tab)
Reddit
Installers and owners arguing about quotes, panels and inverters. Useful for reality-checking a backup power quote, and for learning which questions to ask a salesperson.
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