| | |  | Sustainable Housing | Home » » The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for your Home, 2E | | | | | | | Description: | | "The perfect source for solar powerafully illustrated." Solar Power (photovoltaics) is now a one-billion-dollar industry, and itas poised to grow rapidly in the near future as more pressure is placed on limited fossil fuel resources and as advances in solar technology drive down the costs of residential solar systems. This book helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other renewable energy sources, explore whether solar power makes sense for them, what their options are, and whatas involved with installing various on and off-grid systems. aFully illustrated aCovers every conceivable solar-power topic and concern, including updated information on the increasing number of state rebate and incentive programs | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Dan Ramsey | | Mass Market Paperback:
| 336 pages | | Publisher:
| Alpha | | Publication Date:
| May 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1592576435 | | Product Width:
| 184.0 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 228.0 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 1.08 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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27 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Ok...but most of the information can be found for free....Jul 15, 2007
By Peter Feige
"jedi_008"
Very generic and almost all of the information is in this book can be found for free doing web searches. For example, the chapter on installations is nine pages long and has no specifics. It merely repeats to consult a qualified electrician and I already knew that!
The plus side is that it is well organized and concise.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Way too much of a general overview to be usefulJul 21, 2009
By andrew mikesell
"Ando"
This book contains very little actionable information for people who want to begin installing a basic solar power system. If you've never heard of solar power, then this book will provide a bird's eye view of the concepts involved. However, if you want to learn the basics AND obtain enough information to wire a couple of panels, a couple of batteries, and add the controller and inverter to the system, then you better look elsewhere because you are not going to find that level of detail in this book. If you've ever seen a television show about solar powered homes, then you have no need to read this book.
18 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 SolarMay 18, 2007
By Diego Martinez
This is a great book on solar, lots of great references. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in solar. Its a bit lean on actually installing a solar power system on your home. But It is very adequate for anyone interested in having someone install solar on their home.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
OK bookMay 05, 2009
By A. Schuh
Not much in here you wouldn't already know from just watching TV. It does go on to say that mounting a wind generator to the roof of a house is creates a lot of noise. That's all I got out of it. I guess if you know nothing about solar power its worth a few bucks.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
the complete idiots guide to solar power for your homeApr 12, 2009
By gbk
"gbk"
this may be just me but it didn't seem to have the information i was looking for , guess I'm not a complete idiot..go figure
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