Editorial desk
Solar Homelabs Editorial
The editorial desk that publishes Solar Homelabs. It is a byline for the site's editorial process, not a person, and this page carries no author biography because there is no individual author to describe.
How this desk works
- Articles are researched from primary sources: vendor and project documentation, published standards and specifications, release notes, advisories, and measurements published by the people who took them.
- Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then edited against those same sources before publication.
- Nothing published here claims hands-on lab testing, benchmarking, or first-hand measurement. Where a figure comes from a datasheet or someone else's test, the article names the source.
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Posts (4)
- Charge Controllers
MPPT vs PWM Charge Controllers for Homelab Solar
How MPPT and PWM controllers differ for continuous loads: harvest, array voltage limits, LiFePO4 charge profiles, wiring freedom, and when PWM still fits.
- Troubleshooting
Solar Batteries Not Charging: How to Diagnose It
A diagnostic order for an off-grid bank that stops accepting charge: BMS cutoffs, wrong profiles, array voltage, shading, voltage drop, and open protection.
- Array Design
Solar Panels for a Homelab: How Many Do You Need?
Working out array wattage for a 24/7 homelab: daily energy first, then worst-month peak sun hours, derate factors, and why the answer is a range.
- Power Systems
Sizing an Off-Grid Solar System for Always-On Homelab Loads
How to size solar for continuous 24/7 equipment: start from the measured load, then the battery bank, then the array, charge controller and inverter.