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PV
250: PV Installation
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How
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Chappaqua,
NY July
26 - 28
Special
Offer July 1 -24, 2002
Brookville,
IN June
25 - 27
Closed
Kingston, NY May
17 - 19
It's over
Other
Locations to be announced!
Who
the Course is for
This
course is for everyone who learns best by doing, (which is almost everyone).
If you have taken any one of the PV courses, this hands-on & how-to
course gives you a chance to teach your hands how to do what your brain
already thinks it knows.
Description
Photovoltaic
System Installation; Tools, Materials and Standard practices and techniques:
Solar Site Análisis: Mounting the PV Array; Installing batteries; Installing
Power Center and Wiring; Talking intelligently to your Inspector (and
Electrician); Safety: on the Job and in the finished product
Lesson
Outline
Pre-Install Topics
Lesson 1: Pre-Installation Reading
Lesson 2. PV System Description
Lesson 3. Safety on the Jobsite
Topics
concurrent with On-site Installation activities:
Lesson 4. Solar Site Analysis
Lesson 5. PV Array
Lesson 6. Battery Wiring & Installation
Lesson 7. Inverter Installation
Lesson 8. Overcurrent Protection and Disconnects
Lesson 9. Grounding Techniques
Follow-up
topics
Lesson 10. Post-Install Documentation
PV System Schematic based upon "as-built" information created during the
install. Photos of installation details will be posted to the website
along with installation notes, calculations and related references.
Cost
Tuition
and Course Materials $450* typical
*Course length, price and location will vary.
How
it Works
This is an "on-site" hands-on workshop with supplementary On-Line
lessons. Students will participate on-site in the installation of
an operational PV system, (typically 3 days duration). Students will receive
pre-install lessons on-line prior to the installation. A final lesson
and instructional materials will be provided as follow-up to the installation.
Course materials include downloadable on-line text, slide presentations,
Internet links, Reference Library and an on-line discussion group.
The on-line discussion group is where you can pose questions and receive answers from the instructor; make comments or share your knowledge and experience, and participate in an on-line discussion with other students regarding course content.
Instructor
Ken Olson has taught Photovoltaic Systems Design and Installation since
1985. He is a Certified Vocational Educator in the State of Colorado and
has been teaching hands-on practical training in renewable and solar energy
technologies full time since 1981. He is a Co-Founder of Solar Energy
International (SEI) and served as it's Executive Director from inception
in 1991 until September 1999. He has also developed and taught Photovoltaic
training courses in for the World Health Organization and Pan American
Health Organization since 1989. From 1981 until 1991 he developed and
taught a vocational solar training program as a Professor and Industrial
Trainer at the Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Duration
10
Lessons / 50
hours total estimated time
3-days
onsite installation (variable) plus pre-install lessons and post-install
follow-up lesson.
See the Course Calendar for Dates