Aug
10
2011
Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual
By Solar Expert
Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual
- ISBN13: 9780865715202
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Producing electricity from the sun using photovoltaic (PV) systems has become a major industry worldwide. But designing, installing and maintaining such systems requires knowledge and training, and there have been few easily accessible, comprehensive guides to the subject.Now, with Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual, a world-class solar energy training and education provider—Solar Energy International (SEI)—has made available the critical information to successfully design, instal
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Lite in content and heavy in tables.,
I am interested in designing and installing a DIY solar panel system for our home, so I purchased this book hoping that it would be packed with useful information for realizing such a project. Unfortunately I found it to be rather “lite” (if you have done any type of electrical wiring beforehand) and not quite up to date. 80 whole pages are wasted with “insolation” tables and “sun charts” covering sample locations around the world .. from Alabama to Afghanistan .. an immense waste of space and trees.
Otherwise, it is a well organized basic textbook with many worksheets, examples and diagrams.
To improve the value of this textbook I recommend that the publisher
1) simply includes a link to the “insolation” tables available elsewhere on the Web,
2) incldues additional and current data on the available component alternatives and a means for evaluating these alternatives in the design process, and
3) raises the assumed level of the audience addressed by this textbook.
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|Great Reference,
After the first few pages I knew that this was a good reference. Being a DIY person I found that this book did an excellent job expaining the theory and gave examples of practical application. Things were explained in laymans terms and all aspects of materials to use and the installation process were covered. At the end of every chapter there are questions to test your understanding of the material. These questions can be easily adopted to designing your own system. If you are considering installing a system yourself make this the first book you buy.
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|Good for DIY, PV self study, and high school tech prep,
This is the textbook SEI uses for its PV Design and Installation Workshop. It’s also well-suited for DIYers who have some electrical experience, and students in high school tech prep-level courses. Readers without any technical background may benefit by taking a PV or circuits course concurrently. The math is limited to arithmetic, and there are many useful tables, graphs, diagrams, and exercises that substitute for algebra. The section titled “The Photovoltaic Reaction” on p. 48 isn’t entirely accurate, but this material isn’t needed to design and install the systems described in the manual.
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