Solar Success – Full Content Details
As you will see from the list below - the contents of Solar Success is very comprehensive.
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 |