DIY Solar Power: How To Power Everything From The Sun

I bought this as a guide to help with setting up solar power to my shed. It is very clearly written and covers everything you would need to know about setting up solar power systems. It starts at a basic level, so is great for beginners but also covers more complex systems.

Good read and advise on solar power DIY.

This book offers a fairly comprehensive guide on the subject at an entry level with adequate examples demonstrating how things how things should be done, when and why. The writing strays a bit at times from a linear structure and repeats certain topics rather than subtly reminding the reading of what was previously covered. I get it's a method of reinforcement of the principles but it can tune you out. My major gripe with the book is that there are no diagrams to explain the types of circuits, system arrangements methods of calculation and testing you'll need to use and understand for a successful installation. It's still a good read but should be read with a complimentary book to fill in the gaps.

Good book now a fully documented manual required to complete a system

Thank you for this excellent read which is a page turner, First class and very well written. Good value for money and speedily deliveredmin perfect packaging. DB.

Not enough information. Book is over simplistic and does not have enough detail. Too much basic information. Should be called beginner's guide ... I'd want to see more info on various ways to mount the panels, how to fit to flat roofs, ground mount options, ways, best way of routing cables, use of optimisers, calculating yields, various options on battery storage, integrating with wind turbines, there's so much that isn't covered.

This is a great introductory book addressing the world of solar. It is written in such a way that even if you are new to solar you will be able to follow along without being blinded by science.

Micah Toll provides a reasonably comprehensive coverage of the topic at a basic level, demonstrating a facility for explanation that obviously comes from a profound knowledge of his topic. Does tend to become a little repetitive (author may see this as reinforcement). Unfortunately, there are no schematic diagrams of the various circuits, which would have greatly added to the utility of the book. Given that these are now on even the most basic GCSE science syllabus, so would not be "opaque" to most readers, perhaps Mr Toll would like to reconsider this for future editions?

I found this work to be both comprehensive and easy to read and understand. I've been an electronics hobbyist for years, and I got interested in solar last year and built two panels from scratch. I spent far more time trying to research what I needed to know than I did in actually making it. I wish I'd read this book at the outset. It covers the entire subject in one reference that is best read, as the author suggests, from beginning to end. Having reached the end, one has a basic understanding of all the key concepts and how they fit together, the many different types of solar projects that can be undertaken, and at a nuts-and-bolts level needed for considering ones interests, deciding what is practical, planing a design, and getting the ball rolling. While it presents a lot of detail, it is written with the novice in mind as well, starting out, for example, with a basic explanation of electrical concepts that will be helpful in developing an intuitive understanding for the subject rather than just applying rules without knowing why. Similarly, it not only covers options for cell types, panels, and batteries, but it provides substantial understanding of how these options work and how they interact. Even though I'd researched the area pretty extensively, I still learned quite a bit that fills in the gaps, and reading it straight through as suggested served to cement a clear, overall picture of this content area enabling me to review what I've managed to do up to this point in contrast to alternatives I might have taken, and various paths I can take going forward to use what I've made. The table of contents and Kindle features like "search" and "notes" make it easy to locate specific interest areas again to go back and re-read in connection with a specific project. While it may be necessary to acquire a bit more information in some areas, for example if you decide to do your own cell tabbing frame construction as I did versus purchasing panels (which I would have done now in retrospect), you'll be able to do that much more efficiently and effectively having the knowledge imparted by this book. I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking about a solar project and, for that matter, anyone who just wants to learn more about this amazing advance in alternative energy that is beginning to flourish worldwide.

Now I know how to build a solar powered e-bike charger. Now I can charge my bike anywhere there is sunlight. Now I can go on a longer duration & distance GREAT!😃

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Great book.

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