Solar II: How to Design, Build and Set Up Photovoltaic Components and Solar Electric Systems – Large Print Author: Visit Amazon's Phillip Hurley Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0983784736 | Format: EPUB
Solar II: How to Design, Build and Set Up Photovoltaic Components and Solar Electric Systems – Large Print Description
- Paperback: 194 pages
- Publisher: Good Idea Creative Services (June 15, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0983784736
- ISBN-13: 978-0983784739
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This is actually a great book on how to build solar systems. Its well written and very straighforward. The presentation has a lot to be desired, but its sufficient.
The reason I give it 3 stars is due to a huge flaw. If you lack knowledge about electrical components or electricity, this book will be very hard to understand. Its written in a "Just do it" format. Sure, he goes over all the components and what they do, but I feel its not sufficient. For a person like me, and for most people im sure, I need to be shown what EVERYTHING does and why, STEP BY STEP. That way, I wont screw up as electricity is nothing to be playing around with. He even mentions certain precautions to take, so im not sure why he didnt go more into depth. Thats why I bought the book, to learn how and why. The best way I can put it is, if your an electrician, or if you have studied electricity before, you will have an easy time reading this book and building your solar systems. With those skills, a lot will be familiar to you. If you are like me, and have little to no skills about electricity, then this will be a hard book to understand. I have finished the book, but I have to go back and reread all the major parts again. I will try and figure it out.
Another big flaw, and I feel this one is even worse than the first one, is the size of the system he deals with in the book. He calls it the Solar II project. It is too large and too complex for a beginner! I assume people buying this book are beginners trying to learn. The system he uses as a starter system is way to much. I expected for him to use a small system as an example. That way the reader can learn by assembling it. If the reader tries to assemble the system in the book, they will run into major problems. Possibly even hurt themselves.
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