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 enlarge | Author: Solar Energy International
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $59.95
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 6614
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0865715203
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.31244
EAN: 9780865715202
ASIN: 0865715203
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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 To be fair...you probably should buy this...but... May 1, 2008
A. Evangelista (Chicago (Naperville), IL)
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
To be fair, I have not read this book. Why 5 stars? The book is a for-profit venture by the author, so recovery of time, effort, & energy is important for revenue reasons. So why write this review? After spending nearly 12-18 hours perusing AMAZON's book list on solar energy and photovoltaic systems, I was frustrated! None of the reviews on any single book seemed to be convincing enough to make me want to buy. For instance, none of the reviews mention how the books address the National Electric Code, specific wiring and disconnect installation information, electrical and other safety hazards, inspection issues, etc. For a DIY'er, these books seemed a waste of time, never mind the fact that some reviewers insisted they actually DIY'ed just from the book. It then occurred to me that dozens of resources that I had used over the past 10 years - with the exception of 2007 due to extenuating circumstances - many resources are available for free from our fantastic .GOV, .ORG, and .EDU sites like Sandia Nat'l Labs, NREL, NMSU, and CA.GOV. Folks, before you start buying books on PV left & right, be smart and leverage what your fine tax dollars paid for! I have to admit - I believe it's just stupid searching for good PV technical, installation, and detailed literature on a For-Profit Bookstore when so much is already available online for Free. Folks, use your head - our government and academic labs pioneered this from federal tax dollars. Hence, much of it is public domain! (REPLACE all "?" with "." in the following website links.) nabcep?org nmsu?edu/~tdi/index?html photovoltaics?sandia?gov and energy?ca?gov - just to name a few! Of course, if you're just not Internet savvy, not an engineer/analytical A-type personality, and highly resourceful, plus you'd rather prefer to kill trees buying a book instead of leveraging online resources that are 100 times more than what's on AMAZON, and most likely don't have the wherewithal to DIY, go ahead. It will be amazing to see how many are simply duped by the thousands of new "get rich quick" companies and businessmen entering the renewable energy markets. *** Don't get me wrong - spending a few $100 yearly on many good books is not a problem for me. But when I've already paid tax dollars for outstanding American research, development, and "free" public domain resources - AND they are apparently waiting for me to simply find and use, well NOT to do so is plain un-American!
PV Design & Installation February 13, 2008
V. Micali (Johannesburg, South Africa)
This book was exceptionally well written and logically compiled. It's content is backed up by comprehensive and clear diagrams. A thouroughly researched ensemble that makes it a benchmark for educational purposes too.
Book helped me study for NABCEP exam January 28, 2008
F. Drago (Madison, NJ)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I took three courses (70 hours) of formal instruction in PV and each class required this textbook, which was economical because I didn't have to shell out for materials more than once. This book is written in straightforward language and keeps PV concepts clean and concise. I found the test problems at the end of each chapter to be an extremely helpful way to check my understanding of what I just read. It would be great if there were more of them and fewer charts in the appendix, because much of the latter could be found online. The illustrations were great and so was most of the supplementary material, such as the glossary, at book's back. I used this book to study for the NABCEP entry-level exam, which I just sat for. It was difficult, but would have been even more so had I not used this book to study with.
Excellent book September 13, 2007
Mr. Hiram M. Morales (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book was new and in excellent conditions. I really buy another book from Amazon. Also the shipping was very fast.
Not just fluff July 22, 2007
Robert Bernal Painting (Big Bear, CA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Get into the ins and outs of PV installation. This book is actually too complicated for the casual observer since there are a lot of variables to designing a workable cost efficient (well, hopefully not costing more than need be) PV system. For instance, a materials list for a 12 volt DC battery and charge controller system consist of about 80 lines. Each with their own numbers!
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