The Ultimate Solar Power Design Guide: Less Theory More Practice Paperback – September 2, 2015

I'm looking at expanding the solar system on my RV and this book provided me with everything that I need to make smart, cost effective decisions on what to buy and how to install. Will save me thousands by doing it myself.

As a homeowner interested in going solar, the book was helpful and provided useful information, but some sections were a little more technical (many formulas) than I needed. More helpful to me was the authors' other recent book, "The Truth About Solar Panels", which I recommend to anyone interested in solar electric systems.

Very good

Very basic

In my opinion, the general part should have been a bit shorter since every DIYer is well familiar with the very PV basics. Nevertheless the book is well written and contains lots of practical information –the site survey tips, ‘whether to go solar’ checklist and the cheat sheet at the end. The examples seem quite adequate and well developed. I think they will work and I‘m going to apply one of them to connect my laptop to solar power.The book describes various free software tools for PV system design. I wonder whether the authors provide a similar sizing tool and whether it’s free or not.

Useful concepts and principles presented in a clear manner. You need some maths and electrical knowledge to get the most from this book.

There are many publications on the subject, but in my opinion this book represents a truly comprehensive and practical guide about how to design and put together all of the parts of а solar power system. The book may save many hours of research and confusions and in the same time is full of practical shortcuts and applicable hints.

If you want to build working solar power system on your own, this book is an excellent starting point. And, not only. When you prefer to understand, what you are doing and why, no doubt this reading will guide you through every step you took. It is not so common nowadays a technical subject like this to be presented in a book so that virtually everyone can understand. Therefore, do your research! And then you will be happy buying this book. :)