Ewing, Rex A. frey50
Got sun? go solar : Get free renewable energy to power your home get free renewable energy to power your grid-tied home / Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt. - 1st ed. - Masonville, CO : PixyJack Press, 2005. - 159 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-148) and index.
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.
0965809870 (pbk.) 9780965809870 (pbk.)
2005012810
Photovoltaic power systems.
Solar energy.
Wind power.
Wind turbines.
Dwellings--Electric equipment.
TK1087 / .E95 2005
697/.78
Got sun? go solar : Get free renewable energy to power your home get free renewable energy to power your grid-tied home / Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt. - 1st ed. - Masonville, CO : PixyJack Press, 2005. - 159 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-148) and index.
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.
0965809870 (pbk.) 9780965809870 (pbk.)
2005012810
Photovoltaic power systems.
Solar energy.
Wind power.
Wind turbines.
Dwellings--Electric equipment.
TK1087 / .E95 2005
697/.78