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Got Sun? Go Solar : Get Free Renewable Energy To Power Your Grid-tied Home

  • Got Sun? Go Solar : Get Free Renewable Energy To Power  Your Grid-tied Home
  • Attribution

    Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, PixyJack Press, 2005
  • Availability

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  TK1087 .E95 2005  DUE 11-07-09

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  • Description

    - Sizing a system to fit your home and your needs - Got Wind? - Permits, Paperwork and Financing - The Nuts & Bolts: what to look for, what to avoid - Who does the installation? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Authors

  • Subject

  • Contents

    • Warm, fuzzy reasons and hard-edged financial reasons for renewable energy
    • Net metering
    • Why your utility company doesn’t want your power
    • Volts, amps, watts
    • Falling water and electron flow
    • AC/DC
    • Solar cells
    • Silicon
    • Life at the P-N junction
    • You want batteries with that?
    • Sizing your system, system voltage
    • Where does everything go?
    • Got wind? Turbines, towers
    • Cost estimates
    • Any financial help out there?
    • Permits & paperwork
    • Sell high, buy low
    • Grid-tie inverters
    • Who does the installation? Finding and qualifying a contractor
    • Sample schematics
    • System sizing worksheet
    • Tips on appliances and energy conservation
    • Wind map
    • Manufacturers, organizations
    • State energy offices
  • ISBN

    • 0965809870
    • 9780965809870
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