| Description |
190 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Photovoltaic power systems -- Design and construction.
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Photovoltaic power systems -- Installation.
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| Added Author |
Schmidt, Philip, author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Burdick, Joesph, 1968- author. Install your own solar panels North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2017] 9781612128269 (DLC) 2017023687 |
| ISBN |
9781612128252 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1612128254 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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