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Publications
NREL Publications Database
Sandia download Publications
Sandia National laboratory Publications Order Form
Rewable Energy Policy Project (REPP)
Home Power Magazine
Home Power CD-Roms: Solar 2, 3, 4, and 5

Organizations
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) - US DOE
Solar Energy Industries Association
Rewable Energy Policy Project (REPP)
Sandia National Labs PV Design Assistance Center

Energy & Environment
Clean Energy Basics
Renewable Energy Oveview
Environmental Benefits of Solar Energy
Energy & Environment Fact Sheet

Energy Efficiency
Related WebSites
Home Energy efficiency
Buy energy Efficient

Energy Statistics & Demographics
Key World Energy Statistics
US Energy Statistics

Frequently asked Questions
(FAQs, Index to Code Corner)
PV Information Index

Glossaries
SoL Glossary
NREL Glossary
Sandia National Labs Glossary
Glossary (Trace)
Glossary of Battery Terminology - Level 1
Glossary of Battery Terminology - Level 2
Other Glossaries

Commercial Suppliers
Solar Electric
Solar Depot
Jade Mountain

Lesson 1: Pre-Installation reading
Assigned
Utility Interactive Inverters
Wire rating
Grounding

Other
Power Education (Trace)
Backup Power
Appliance Info misc
PV: Electricity from the Sun - tutorial
PV Basic Design Principles & Components
PV Applications Documents (Trace)
Powering a House with PV
ConsumerGuide to buying a PV System - Warning 2MegaBytes!

Other references not provided with this course
H P 58-38 Doing a Load Analysis: The First Step in System Design
H P 55-36 Phantom Loads: Update

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Lesson 2: PV System Description
SolarSizer File
SolarSizer Performance Report
ASE-300-DGF/17 (265 Watt model)
Surrette Batteries, Series 4000

Other references not provided with this course
Solar 3 CD ROM
Home Power 49-28 PV Performance Tests
Home Power 57-32 Where and How to Mount PV Modules

Note: You will need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to access the referenced Home Power Articles on the CD ROM (it's free). If you have not already done so please follow the attached instructions to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Home Power CD ROM; or Install from Internet.

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Lesson 3: Safety on the Jobsite
"Working Safely with PV Systems" from
Sandia National Labs Library

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Lesson 4: Solar Site Analysis
Solar Pathfinder website

Siting a PV System
Magnetic Declination Map
Solar Radiation Map (US)
Solar Radiation Data
Renewable Resource Data Center
SunAngle Calculator Shareware
SunChart Commercially available software

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Lesson 5: PV Array

Astropower 100 PV Modules

Other Related Commercial Products
SunWize SW-120 PV Modules -Used in Kocsmiersky installation
PV Modules-Solar Depot
PV Modules-Solarex
PV Modules-Uni Solar Integrated Roof System
Uni-Solar PV
PV Trackers

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Lesson 6: Inverter

AES GC-1000 Specification sheet
AM-100 Inverter Monitor
Advanced Energy Products
Also includes links to Installation Manuals, Certification Letters, &
Warranty.

Other Related Reading
Utility Interactive Inverters - Safety
Demystifying Inverters (Trace)
Glossary (Trace)

Other Related Products
Trace Inverter Specs
Trace Document Download
Exeltech Inverters
Sunny Boy Inverters

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Lesson 7: Inverter Installation

Other references not provided with this course
Home Power Magazine Solar 3 CD-ROM (optional reading: this CD Rom is not provided with the course)

1) Home Power 44-62 Electricity for Dummies
2) Home Power 52-64 Understanding DC Electricity
3) Home Power 53-38 Understanding Series and Parallel Circuits
4) Home Power 52-74 Alternating Current: Part I Sine Waves
5) Home Power 53-44 Alternating Current: Part II Phase and Power
6) Home Power 59-76 !!Safety!! Shared Neutrals
7) Home Power 54-82 !!Safety!! Shared Neutrals
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Lesson 8: Overcurrent Protection & Disconnects

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Lesson 9: Grounding
To Ground or Not to Ground: That is Not the Question (HP #72)
PV Grounding on a Single Dwelling (HP # 73)
Grounding the South Forty (HP #74)

Other references not provided with this course
Solar 3 CD ROM
Home Power 55-82 Codes and Standards
Home Power 53-72 Disconnect Switches
Home Power 58-82 Ground Fault Protection
Home Power 59-76 !!Safety!! Shared Neutrals
Home Power 54-82 !!Safety!! Shared Neutrals
Home Power 51-86 NEC & PV Module Wiring
Home Power 57-98 AWG to Metric Copper Wire Table

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Lesson 10: Electrical Wiring
Types of Wire (HP #76)
Where to Use which Conductor (HP #77)
PV Modules, Conductors and the Code (HP #79)

Module Wiring Example (HP #81)
More Module Wiring (HP #83)
Voltage Drop After NEC Requirements (HP #80)
Code Summary, Checklist & Manual (HP #71)

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Post Install Followup
Schematic
SolarSizer File (for SolarSizer users), or

Download the SolarSizer Performance Report
Solar Connect Estimator
New York State Public Service Commission
Certification