Solar Success TOC – Full Content Details

by | Aug 1, 2014

Solar Success TOC – Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Terminology
  • Chapter 1 – Solar Reality – an overview – How much solar is available?
    • Solar – what runs/what doesn’t
    • Stand-alone solar systems
    • Grid-connect
    • What solar modules produce
    • Solar access
    • Service importance
    • First all-solar town
  • Chapter 2 – Lighting
    • Fluorescent tubes and globes
    • Compact fluorescents
    • Light-emitting diodes
    • Light colour
    • Lighting levels
    • Recommended light levels
  • Chapter 3 – Fridges & freezers
    • Fridge ratings
    • Domestic fridges
  • Chapter 4 – Air conditioning
    • Air conditioner star ratings
    • Air conditioner types
    • Inverter air conditioners
    • Reducing air conditioner consumption
    • Cooling capacity required
    • Reverse-cycle air conditioners
  • Chapter 5 – Washing machines
    • Washing machine – energy ratings
    • Water efficiency ratings
    • Buying caution
    • Rebates
  • Chapter 6 – Clothes dryers – Dryer types
    • Chapter 7 – Dishwashers
      • Energy ratings
      • Saving energy
    • Chapter 8 – Power tools
      • Chapter 9 – Phantom loads
        • Example phantom loads
        • Remedying phantom loads
      • Chapter 10 – TVs and computers
        • TV energy draw
        • Computers
      • Chapter 11 – Water
        • Rainwater tanks
        • Rainwater legislation
        • Pumping water
        • Pump energy draw
        • Pressure systems
        • Constant pressure pumps
        • Variable speed pumps
        • Pressure tanks
        • Irrigation
        • Valve control
        • Bore pumps
        • Pumping losses
        • Calculating pump pressure
      • Chapter 12 – Swimming pools
        • Keeping water clean
        • Recent trends
      • Chapter 13 – Ponds
        • Ultra-violet sterilisers
        • Pumps – general
        • Solar pumps
      • Chapter 14 – Solar
        • What solar modules produce
        • Nominal Operating Cell Temperature
        • How much sun?
        • Tracking the sun
        • Shadowing tolerance and loss
        • Weather effects
        • Buying solar modules
      • Chapter 15 – Solar modules – voltage & current
        • Increasing voltage
        • Power Maximisers
        • Solar output beware – it’s not what it seems
      • Chapter 16 – Solar regulation
        • Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) regulators
      • Chapter 17 – Batteries
        • Battery types
        • Battery capacity
        • Interconnecting batteries
        • Battery location
      • Chapter 18 – Battery charging
        • The battery charging area
      • Chapter 19 – Energy monitoring
        • Chapter 20 – Generators
          • Diesel generators for long term use
          • Battery charging from a generator
          • Auto-start/stop
          • Generator noise
          • Generator size
          • Generators and switch-mode chargers
        • Chapter 21 – Alternative power – wind & hydro
          • Larger wind generators
          • Micro hydro-electric
          • Turbine types
          • Ram pumps
          • Geothermal space heating
          • Passive and direct solar heating
          • Energy efficiency first
          • Site selection
        • Chapter 22 – Alternative energy storage – fuel cells
          • Fuel cell history
          • Commercial development
          • How fuel cells work
        • Chapter 23 – Inverters
          • Silicon camels
          • Stand-alone inverters
          • Inverters for fixed wiring
          • Grid-connect inverters
          • Battery backed grid-connect
        • Chapter 24 – Energy auditing
          • Existing usage
        • Chapter 25 – Scaling stand-alone systems
          • Available irradiation
          • Needed solar capacity
          • Solar regulators
          • Example of solar regulator sizing
          • Battery capacity
          • Battery chargers
          • Generators for battery charging
          • Fuel cells
        • Chapter 26 – Meters & measuring
          • How to measure solar current output
          • How to measure battery voltage
          • How to measure battery and other heavy currents
          • Current shunts
        • Chapter 27 – Installing – legal
          • Working on batteries
          • Inverter safety
        • Chapter 28 – Installing the system
          • Reducing voltage drop
          • All 12/24-volts
          • The inverter decides
          • Solar array voltage
          • Establishing cable size
          • How most cable is rated
          • Auto cable
          • Current ratings
          • Cable (voltage separation)
          • Terminating cables
          • Power posts
          • Crimping tool & lugs
          • Protecting cabling
          • DC circuit breakers
          • AC circuit breakers
          • Fuses
          • Solar modules need unobstructed sun
          • Solar mountings
          • Connecting modules
          • Solar modules lightning protection
          • Testing series-connected solar modules
          • Testing parallel-connected modules
          • Earthing solar module frames
          • Solar regulator
          • Programming solar regulators
          • Locating energy monitors
          • Locating batteries
          • Example
          • Large capacity battery banks
          • Battery chargers
          • Current shunts
          • Switches for 12/24-volts DC
          • Power outlets for 12/24-volts
          • Inverters
          • Generators
          • Generators- auto/changeover
          • Water pumps
          • Pressure accumulators
          • Air conditioners
          • Refrigerators
          • Fridge cable size
          • Fusing fridges
        • Chapter 29 – Constructing a Stand-alone System
          • Chapter 30 – Grid-connect
            • The grid network
            • Electricity usage
            • Distributed energy storage
            • Grid-connect
            • Going off-grid
            • Climate-optimised solar
            • Strategies to consider now
          • Chapter 31 – Example systems
            • Comments
            • Example 2 – mid-sized cabin
            • Updates
            • Further update
            • Example 4 – an ongoing (Queensland) system
            • The costs
            • The savings
            • Update
          • Chapter 32 – Living with solar
            • Seeming lack of solar input
            • Battery maintenance
            • Leaking batteries
            • Solar modules
          • Chapter 33 – Our solar systems
            • The Broome house’s structure
            • Extending the solar
            • Water
            • Irrigation
            • Swimming pool
            • The end of an era
          • Chapter 34 – Technical Terms Explained
            • References & contacts etc.
              • Useful sources of information
              • Recommended books and publications
              • Relevant standards
            • Preface
            • Terminology
            • Chapter 1 – Solar Reality – an overview – How much solar is available?
              • Solar – what runs/what doesn’t
              • Stand-alone solar systems
              • Grid-connect
              • What solar modules produce
              • Solar access
              • Service importance
              • First all-solar town
            • Chapter 2 – Lighting
              • Fluorescent tubes and globes
              • Compact fluorescents
              • Light-emitting diodes
              • Light colour
              • Lighting levels
              • Recommended light levels
            • Chapter 3 – Fridges & freezers
              • Fridge ratings
              • Domestic fridges
            • Chapter 4 – Air conditioning
              • Air conditioner star ratings
              • Air conditioner types
              • Inverter air conditioners
              • Reducing air conditioner consumption
              • Cooling capacity required
              • Reverse-cycle air conditioners
            • Chapter 5 – Washing machines
              • Washing machine – energy ratings
              • Water efficiency ratings
              • Buying caution
              • Rebates
            • Chapter 6 – Clothes dryers – Dryer types
              • Chapter 7 – Dishwashers
                • Energy ratings
                • Saving energy
              • Chapter 8 – Power tools
                • Chapter 9 – Phantom loads
                  • Example phantom loads
                  • Remedying phantom loads
                • Chapter 10 – TVs and computers
                  • TV energy draw
                  • Computers
                • Chapter 11 – Water
                  • Rainwater tanks
                  • Rainwater legislation
                  • Pumping water
                  • Pump energy draw
                  • Pressure systems
                  • Constant pressure pumps
                  • Variable speed pumps
                  • Pressure tanks
                  • Irrigation
                  • Valve control
                  • Bore pumps
                  • Pumping losses
                  • Calculating pump pressure
                • Chapter 12 – Swimming pools
                  • Keeping water clean
                  • Recent trends
                • Chapter 13 – Ponds
                  • Ultra-violet sterilisers
                  • Pumps – general
                  • Solar pumps
                • Chapter 14 – Solar
                  • What solar modules produce
                  • Nominal Operating Cell Temperature
                  • How much sun?
                  • Tracking the sun
                  • Shadowing tolerance and loss
                  • Weather effects
                  • Buying solar modules
                • Chapter 15 – Solar modules – voltage & current
                  • Increasing voltage
                  • Power Maximisers
                  • Solar output beware – it’s not what it seems
                • Chapter 16 – Solar regulation
                  • Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) regulators
                • Chapter 17 – Batteries
                  • Battery types
                  • Battery capacity
                  • Interconnecting batteries
                  • Battery location
                • Chapter 18 – Battery charging
                  • The battery charging area
                • Chapter 19 – Energy monitoring
                  • Chapter 20 – Generators
                    • Diesel generators for long term use
                    • Battery charging from a generator
                    • Auto-start/stop
                    • Generator noise
                    • Generator size
                    • Generators and switch-mode chargers
                  • Chapter 21 – Alternative power – wind & hydro
                    • Larger wind generators
                    • Micro hydro-electric
                    • Turbine types
                    • Ram pumps
                    • Geothermal space heating
                    • Passive and direct solar heating
                    • Energy efficiency first
                    • Site selection
                  • Chapter 22 – Alternative energy storage – fuel cells
                    • Fuel cell history
                    • Commercial development
                    • How fuel cells work
                  • Chapter 23 – Inverters
                    • Silicon camels
                    • Stand-alone inverters
                    • Inverters for fixed wiring
                    • Grid-connect inverters
                    • Battery backed grid-connect
                  • Chapter 24 – Energy auditing
                    • Existing usage
                  • Chapter 25 – Scaling stand-alone systems
                    • Available irradiation
                    • Needed solar capacity
                    • Solar regulators
                    • Example of solar regulator sizing
                    • Battery capacity
                    • Battery chargers
                    • Generators for battery charging
                    • Fuel cells
                  • Chapter 26 – Meters & measuring
                    • How to measure solar current output
                    • How to measure battery voltage
                    • How to measure battery and other heavy currents
                    • Current shunts
                  • Chapter 27 – Installing – legal
                    • Working on batteries
                    • Inverter safety
                  • Chapter 28 – Installing the system
                    • Reducing voltage drop
                    • All 12/24-volts
                    • The inverter decides
                    • Solar array voltage
                    • Establishing cable size
                    • How most cable is rated
                    • Auto cable
                    • Current ratings
                    • Cable (voltage separation)
                    • Terminating cables
                    • Power posts
                    • Crimping tool & lugs
                    • Protecting cabling
                    • DC circuit breakers
                    • AC circuit breakers
                    • Fuses
                    • Solar modules need unobstructed sun
                    • Solar mountings
                    • Connecting modules
                    • Solar modules lightning protection
                    • Testing series-connected solar modules
                    • Testing parallel-connected modules
                    • Earthing solar module frames
                    • Solar regulator
                    • Programming solar regulators
                    • Locating energy monitors
                    • Locating batteries
                    • Example
                    • Large capacity battery banks
                    • Battery chargers
                    • Current shunts
                    • Switches for 12/24-volts DC
                    • Power outlets for 12/24-volts
                    • Inverters
                    • Generators
                    • Generators- auto/changeover
                    • Water pumps
                    • Pressure accumulators
                    • Air conditioners
                    • Refrigerators
                    • Fridge cable size
                    • Fusing fridges
                  • Chapter 29 – Constructing a Stand-alone System
                    • Chapter 30 – Grid-connect
                      • The grid network
                      • Electricity usage
                      • Distributed energy storage
                      • Grid-connect
                      • Going off-grid
                      • Climate-optimised solar
                      • Strategies to consider now
                    • Chapter 31 – Example systems
                      • Comments
                      • Example 2 – mid-sized cabin
                      • Updates
                      • Further update
                      • Example 4 – an ongoing (Queensland) system
                      • The costs
                      • The savings
                      • Update
                    • Chapter 32 – Living with solar
                      • Seeming lack of solar input
                      • Battery maintenance
                      • Leaking batteries
                      • Solar modules
                    • Chapter 33 – Our solar systems
                      • The Broome house’s structure
                      • Extending the solar
                      • Water
                      • Irrigation
                      • Swimming pool
                      • The end of an era
                    • Chapter 34 – Technical Terms Explained
                      • References & contacts etc.
                        • Useful sources of information
                        • Recommended books and publications
                        • Relevant standards