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Summary: Fourteen volts is a good number for a fully charged battery that is ready to be connected to an inverter. Learn how to connect an inverter for a solar power system from a professional in this free energy conservation video.
Roger Bacon is the owner of RGB Home Repair and Renovation in Santa Barbara California. He has experience in all phases of home repair and renovations such as plumbing, heating,...read more
"We've got our battery wires wired up to a quick disconnect here and we're just going to verify that we have the right voltage so we don't toast our tasty equipment. Fourteen volts is a good number for a fully charged battery. So, we're going to go ahead and plug that into our inverter. Quick disconnects are polarized so we have no trouble with that and we should be able to turn the device on and see something working. There we have our readouts. Now, we should be able to plug something in and get it to work. Let's try a drill. Alright. Now we're running solar power to charge our batteries which stores the energy until we need it. We couldn't run this drill directly off the solar panels, but, after several hours of charging, it will keep the batteries nice and full and we can run whatever we want as long as the batteries stay hot."
eHow Article: How to Connect an Inverter for a Solar Energy System