Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual

March 18, 2011 by Actaphysica
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Tzar Igor "Tzar Igor" says:

March 18, 2011 at 5:49 am

95 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

Lite in content and heavy in tables., November 26, 2006

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Tzar Igor “Tzar Igor” (Weed, CA USA) –

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This review is from: Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual (Paperback)

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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W. Phillips "Practical Man" says:

March 18, 2011 at 5:51 am

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

Great Reference, August 22, 2005

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W. Phillips “Practical Man” (New Jersey) –

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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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