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.

Good book for getting started and planning a solar project.

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.

Very good

Book was ok, writing was a little rudimentary