Fastest way

Design the whole system in one page

Enter your usage once and get panels, battery, inverter and yearly output together — then download a full PDF report.

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Design step by step

Follow these in order — each step feeds the next.

Step 1

Daily load calculator

Add up every appliance to find the watt-hours you use per day — the number every other size depends on.

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Step 2

Solar panel calculator

Size the array that replaces your daily energy use, based on your peak sun hours and panel wattage.

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Step 3

Battery calculator

Size the battery bank that stores your energy for night-time and cloudy periods, at a safe depth of discharge.

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Step 4

Days of autonomy calculator

Set how many days the bank must run with no sun, and see the total capacity that requires in kWh and Ah.

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Step 5

Charge controller calculator

Size the MPPT or PWM controller that safely charges your battery from the array.

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Step 6

Inverter calculator

Size the inverter to handle your loads, including the surge when motors and pumps start up.

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Step 7

Cable size calculator

Choose cable thick enough to carry the current safely and keep voltage drop within limits.

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All-in-one

Off-grid system wizard

Prefer a single guided flow? The wizard walks the whole design from start to finish in one place.

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Backup

Home backup power calculator

Size the battery and solar array your home needs to ride out a power cut — pick your appliances, set backup hours, and get battery Ah, array watts and panel count.

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EV charging

EV solar charger calculator

Find out how many solar panels it takes to charge your electric car for free — daily km, consumption and sun hours in, array size and panel count out.

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Pump head

Pump head & flow calculator

Calculate total dynamic head for any well or irrigation pump — static lift, pipe friction and flow losses — then get the hydraulic power, pump size and solar array needed to run it.

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Water storage

Well pump tank sizing calculator

Size the water tank your farm or homestead needs to store a full day of supply — daily consumption, pump flow and sun hours in, tank size and required pump run hours out.

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Related guides

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