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Install Your Own Solar Panels
Designing and Installing a Photovoltaic System to Power Your Home
Taschenbuch von Joseph Burdick (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Make Your Savings Shine

This fully illustrated step-by-step guide provides the essential advice you need to successfully install your own solar array. And by doing it yourself, you'll recoup your initial investment faster than ever. Solar professional Joseph Burdick and veteran builder Philip Schmidt take you all the way from assessing your site, designing your system, and getting a permit to shopping for parts and installing the modules. You'll use the same thorough process that the pros do, find answers to all your questions, and set up a complete system for a fraction of the cost.
Make Your Savings Shine

This fully illustrated step-by-step guide provides the essential advice you need to successfully install your own solar array. And by doing it yourself, you'll recoup your initial investment faster than ever. Solar professional Joseph Burdick and veteran builder Philip Schmidt take you all the way from assessing your site, designing your system, and getting a permit to shopping for parts and installing the modules. You'll use the same thorough process that the pros do, find answers to all your questions, and set up a complete system for a fraction of the cost.
Über den Autor
Joseph Burdick has more than 30 years of experience in the photovoltaics industry — from R&D, measurement, and testing to system design, installation, and project management. He is president and CEO of Burdick Technologies Unlimited, LLC, one of Colorado’s top renewable energy companies, and is also a professor at Ecotech Institute, where he trains students for careers in solar installation.

Philip Schmidt has been teaching readers how to do things for almost two decades. A former carpenter and longtime writer and editor, he is the author of 18 books, including PlyDesign, Decorating with Architectural Details, and The Complete Guide to Treehouses. He lives in Colorado with his wife, two daughters, and too many leftover building materials.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1 The Basics
Anatomy of a Solar-Electric System
Can I Install My Own PV System?
Going Solar – From Start to Finish
Working with Solar Professionals
Answering the Big Three
2 Assessing Your Site
Measuring Area, Slope, and Azimuth
Sizing Your System with PVWatts
Snow, Wind, and Shade
3 Choosing PV Hardware
Modules
Module Support Structures
Inverters and DC Optimizers
4 Designing Your System
PV Circuit Fundamentals
The Design Process
Sample System Designs
One-Line Electrical Diagrams
Wire Types for PV Systems
5 Getting Ready to Install
Permitting and Inspections
Shopping Solar
Solar Financials
Assembling Your Crew
6 Mechanical Installation: Rooftop
Laying Out the Racking
Installing Footers and Rails
Installing Modules
7 Mechanical Installation: Ground-Mount
Setting the Support Posts
Assembling the Ground-Mount Structure
8 Electrical Installation
Final Project Steps
Running Conduit
Component Connections
Final Inspection and Turning On Your PV System
9 Off-Grid System Design
Off-Grid Basics
Batteries
Sample Off-Grid System Design
10 Beyond Installation: Tips for Troubleshooting, Maintaining, and Monitoring Your PV System
PV Safety Rules
Shutdown and Startup Procedures
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Monitoring Your System
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Metric Conversions
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Heimwerken & Do it yourself
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781612128252
ISBN-10: 1612128254
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Burdick, Joseph
Schmidt, Philip
Hersteller: Storey Publishing
Maße: 251 x 201 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Joseph Burdick (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.06.2017
Gewicht: 0,612 kg
Artikel-ID: 124140952
Über den Autor
Joseph Burdick has more than 30 years of experience in the photovoltaics industry — from R&D, measurement, and testing to system design, installation, and project management. He is president and CEO of Burdick Technologies Unlimited, LLC, one of Colorado’s top renewable energy companies, and is also a professor at Ecotech Institute, where he trains students for careers in solar installation.

Philip Schmidt has been teaching readers how to do things for almost two decades. A former carpenter and longtime writer and editor, he is the author of 18 books, including PlyDesign, Decorating with Architectural Details, and The Complete Guide to Treehouses. He lives in Colorado with his wife, two daughters, and too many leftover building materials.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1 The Basics
Anatomy of a Solar-Electric System
Can I Install My Own PV System?
Going Solar – From Start to Finish
Working with Solar Professionals
Answering the Big Three
2 Assessing Your Site
Measuring Area, Slope, and Azimuth
Sizing Your System with PVWatts
Snow, Wind, and Shade
3 Choosing PV Hardware
Modules
Module Support Structures
Inverters and DC Optimizers
4 Designing Your System
PV Circuit Fundamentals
The Design Process
Sample System Designs
One-Line Electrical Diagrams
Wire Types for PV Systems
5 Getting Ready to Install
Permitting and Inspections
Shopping Solar
Solar Financials
Assembling Your Crew
6 Mechanical Installation: Rooftop
Laying Out the Racking
Installing Footers and Rails
Installing Modules
7 Mechanical Installation: Ground-Mount
Setting the Support Posts
Assembling the Ground-Mount Structure
8 Electrical Installation
Final Project Steps
Running Conduit
Component Connections
Final Inspection and Turning On Your PV System
9 Off-Grid System Design
Off-Grid Basics
Batteries
Sample Off-Grid System Design
10 Beyond Installation: Tips for Troubleshooting, Maintaining, and Monitoring Your PV System
PV Safety Rules
Shutdown and Startup Procedures
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Monitoring Your System
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Metric Conversions
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Heimwerken & Do it yourself
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781612128252
ISBN-10: 1612128254
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Burdick, Joseph
Schmidt, Philip
Hersteller: Storey Publishing
Maße: 251 x 201 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Joseph Burdick (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.06.2017
Gewicht: 0,612 kg
Artikel-ID: 124140952
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