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Off-Grid: Solar Power

Solar power for Project Zomboid Build 42: panels, battery racks and a charge controller that powers everything around it, quietly. Get it on the Steam Workshop.

Field guides

1. Build your first rig
2. Reading the OG-1200 monitor
3. Where the power comes from
4. Batteries: the floor, load shedding and wear
5. Grades compared
6. What uses your power
7. Finding parts
8. The almanac
9. Multiplayer
10. Troubleshooting and bug reports

FAQ

Short answers to the questions people ask most: what trips the breaker, how to wire panels, batteries and the controller, why a part can't be picked up, and more. Read the FAQ.

Quick answers

• The house went dark and the monitor says LOW BATT. The batteries reached their floor, so the controller cut the load to protect them. It turns the power back on by itself once the batteries can run the house for about half an in-game hour.
• The monitor says BREAKER TRIP. That controller tripped before version 2.10.0. Right-click it, Off-Grid, Reset the breaker, once. It won't trip again.
• Reporting a bug: see Troubleshooting.