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This is just notes for now, will turn into the real deal soon enough.

Update 2:

http://www.solarpowerrocks.com/washington/
(long winded and annoying, but has info on incentives)

http://solardat.uoregon.edu/NorthwestSolarResourceMaps.html
(PNW solar potential)

http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/lacey-washington.html
(Solar path diagram- they’re kinda hard to read, but that’s basically the path the sun follows across the sky from equinox to equinox.)

Update 1:

http://www.windsun.com/ChargeControls/ChargeCont.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmb5MB9_TaM

Sun tracking solar panel w/ arduino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnnMFO60y8

Arduino solar Tracker
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1224541956/9

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-13.htm

http://www.discovercircuits.com/B/batt-chrg2.htm

Links:

How to make solar power generator
http://www.rain.org/~philfear/how2solar.html

Solar generator diagram
http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/solargen.htm

Optomize Panel w/ mirrors
http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/panplus.htm

Harbor freight solar panel demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caeEyhJZnTs

pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86eHRGRJwQ

Inverter:
http://www.lanescarproducts.com/225-watt-power-inverter-450-watt-peak.html

inverter faq:
http://www.donrowe.com/inverters/inverter_faq.html

What are amps, watts, volts and ohms?:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question501.htm

DC Cabling Calculator:
http://www.energymatters.com.au/climate-data/cable-sizing-calculator.php