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Guidance from the team that sells and services this equipment — how to size a system, what to order, and what to watch after commissioning.
Browse 60 articles and guides covering solar energy, batteries, inverters, system installation, and industry news across 2 categories.
Tips7 min read
Can I Install a Solar Inverter Outside? What IP21, IP31 and IP65 Really Mean
Twenty-five Felicity inverters are IP21 and every SCCM charge controller says indoor wall-mount. IP20, IP21 and IP31 are indoor ratings, and the first digit - the dust one - is the half nobody reads. Here is which listing carries which.
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Guides7 min read
Which Solar Inverter Will Start My Water Pump in Aswan?
A pump is a surge problem, not a wattage problem. The surge rating row - 2 times rated for 5 or 10 seconds - is what carries the first second of a motor start, and here is what it says on every Felicity inverter and charge controller.
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Guides7 min read
Can Solar Replace the Generator in Beirut?
The honest answer is that solar first replaces the hours the engine runs, not the engine. Here is what the Felicity records actually publish about pairing with a generator - the input windows, the generator current rows and the charge current that decides how long it runs.
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Guides8 min read
How to Run a Whole House on Solar in Khartoum
An off-grid house is sized by surge, battery energy and charge current - and the surge row is the one that starts your fridge and your pump. Here are the published figures across the Felicity inverters and batteries, with the arithmetic to use them.
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Guides7 min read
Best Inverter for Power Cuts in Baghdad and Basra
Transfer time is the gap your fridge and router run on nothing, and the input voltage window decides whether the inverter accepts weak mains at all. Both are published per model across the Felicity range - here they are, side by side.
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Guides6 min read
Which Solar Inverters Actually Work in Sana'a?
Sana'a sits above 2,000 metres, and an inverter whose datasheet permits 2,000 m is not rated for the city at all. Here is the altitude row on 44 Felicity listings, model by model, and which ones cover your elevation.
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