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Install your own solar panels : designing and installing a photovoltaic system to power your home / Joseph Burdick & Philip Schmidt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 190 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612128252
  • 1612128254
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The basics -- Assessing your site -- Choosing PV hardware -- Designing your system -- Getting ready to install -- Mechanical installation : Rooftop -- Mechanical installation : Ground-mount -- Electrical installation -- Off-grid system design -- Beyond installation : Tips for troubleshooting, maintaining, and monitoring your PV system.
Summary: 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.--Cover.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 696 B951 Available 33111008682326
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Labor and related costs account for more than half of the price of the average home solar installation. But homeowners can save thousands of dollars with this user-friendly manual, which follows the same process professional contractors use. Through detailed directions and step-by-step photos, veteran solar installer Joseph Burdick and seasoned builder Philip Schmidt teach you how to determine the size, placement, and type of installation you'll need. This comprehensive DIY guide covers everything from assembling rooftop racking or building a ground-mount structure to setting up the electrical connections and making a battery bank for off-grid systems.

Includes index.

The basics -- Assessing your site -- Choosing PV hardware -- Designing your system -- Getting ready to install -- Mechanical installation : Rooftop -- Mechanical installation : Ground-mount -- Electrical installation -- Off-grid system design -- Beyond installation : Tips for troubleshooting, maintaining, and monitoring your PV system.

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.--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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