--- product_id: 2530841 title: "Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies" price: "Bs.1381" currency: BOB in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.bo/products/2530841-photovoltaic-design-and-installation-for-dummies store_origin: BO region: Bolivia --- # Preps for NABCEP certification Clear, accessible technical knowledge Comprehensive solar system design Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies **Price:** Bs.1381 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ☀️ Power your future with the ultimate solar design guide! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies - **How much does it cost?** Bs.1381 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.bo](https://www.desertcart.bo/products/2530841-photovoltaic-design-and-installation-for-dummies) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Master Solar Design with Ease:** Step-by-step guidance for home-scale photovoltaic systems - • **Simplified Electrical Concepts:** Demystifies complex math and physics with clear analogies - • **Trusted Resource for NABCEP Exam:** Study smart with a book tailored to certification needs - • **Eco-Friendly & Cost-Savvy Insight:** Learn to reduce carbon footprint while saving money - • **Unlock Green Collar Career Potential:** Ideal for professionals expanding into solar installation ## Overview Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies is a well-crafted, beginner-friendly manual that covers the essentials of solar panel system design, installation, and operation. Perfect for professionals, students, and DIY enthusiasts, it breaks down complex electrical and mathematical concepts into clear, understandable language. This book also serves as a valuable study aid for the NABCEP exam, empowering readers to join the booming green energy workforce and make impactful eco-conscious decisions. ## Description The fun and easy way to get a grip on photovoltaic design and installation Designing and installing solar panel systems is a trend that continues to grow. With 'green collar' jobs on the rise and homeowners looking for earth-friendly ways to stretch their dollars and lesson their carbon imprint, understanding photovoltaic design and installation is on the rise. Photovoltaic Design & Installation For Dummies gives you a comprehensive overview of the history, physics, design, installation, and operation of home-scale solar-panel systems. You'll also get an introduction to the foundational mathematic and electrical concepts you need to understand and work with photovoltaic systems. Covers all aspects of home-scale solar-power systems Viable resource for professionals, students, and technical laymen Can be used to study for the NABCEP exam Whether you're a building professional looking to expand your business and skills to meet the growing demand for solar power installation or are seeking a career in this rapidly expanding field, Photovoltaic Design & Installation For Dummies has you covered! Review: Excellent Book. Well written. - Excellent book. A lot of very good information. Definitely not a Dummies book at all. This one was very well written. It encompasses most if not all necessary information to get you started on your Solar array installation. Review: This is an excellent introduction to solar power - This is an excellent introduction to solar power. It is very well written by a man that obviously knows his subject. It is lucid and yet apparently comprehensive. I have a hard time getting my head around many principles of electricity, but Mr. Mayfield gently nudges me along with illuminating analogies and precise, simple and understandable language. I have tried other books on the subject written by electrical engineers but my eyes have quickly glazed over. Although I usually pass by anything in the "Dummies" stable, this book is worth every penny and then some. Thanks to Mr. Mayfield for the considerable work that obviously went into the production of this fine technical publication. ## Features - New - Mint Condition - Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon - Guaranteed packaging - No quibbles returns ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,871,448 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #43 in Solar Energy #220 in Electrical Home Improvement (Books) #2,382 in Technology (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 557 Reviews | ## Images ![Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zx4Vg3slL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Book. Well written. *by M***D on March 1, 2025* Excellent book. A lot of very good information. Definitely not a Dummies book at all. This one was very well written. It encompasses most if not all necessary information to get you started on your Solar array installation. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is an excellent introduction to solar power *by C***S on April 20, 2015* This is an excellent introduction to solar power. It is very well written by a man that obviously knows his subject. It is lucid and yet apparently comprehensive. I have a hard time getting my head around many principles of electricity, but Mr. Mayfield gently nudges me along with illuminating analogies and precise, simple and understandable language. I have tried other books on the subject written by electrical engineers but my eyes have quickly glazed over. Although I usually pass by anything in the "Dummies" stable, this book is worth every penny and then some. Thanks to Mr. Mayfield for the considerable work that obviously went into the production of this fine technical publication. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book for someone who's actually going to install a solar PV system *by C***F on January 6, 2012* I'm coming at this as a homeowner and generally handy person who's up for a bit of a challenge, wanting to install my own PV system on the roof of my Southern California home. There seem to be a lot of books on solar power that are just kind of informational and theoretical and don't really to tell you how to actually plan & install a system in a hands-on practical way. This is one of the few that actually aims to do that. Looking at a finished PV system sitting on someone's roof, it is kind of deceptively simple. And the nuts and bolts of installation are not that hard, if you can do electrical work, it's not that different from any other kind of electrical equipment installation. BUT. The planning and understanding the components is really quite a challenge. The equipment has very unique properties. You have to analyze your electrical needs, survey the site and it's solar potential, understand the impact of the daily and seasonal workings of the sun and weather, figure out if you want batteries and how much battery power you need, and understand the main components, the solar panels themselves, the charge controller, the inverter, and the circuits and safety provisions. Sizing all the components. Permitting and nuts and bolts hardware installation. The book covers all of this, for the most part, in an organized, disciplined, and reasonably thorough manner. In fact, the book seems to have even higher goals than mine, which is just to plan, install, and manage my own home system. This book is also overtly aimed at those interested in becoming a professional PV installer. You'd be pretty well grounded in that goal having thoroughly absorbed this book, along with some experience actually installing some systems, I think. Is it perfect? No. For one thing, it's a "For Dummies" book so the introduction and organization are, frankly, kind of ridiculously repetitive. He tells us what he's going to tell us about 7 times - not exaggerating - before he actually starts the telling. And then at the start of each chapter, he tells you what he's gonna tell you another two or three times for good measure. Tiresome. This book is not really for dummies wanting to get a little basic information. True dummies, I think, are not going to be installing their own PV systems. It's for people with some ability who want to become experts. There are a few things that could simplify things for a lot of people. Yes, it's good and necessary to be able to analyze someone's electrical needs by going around to each appliance and light and electrical load and checking it's wattage and the owner's usage patterns. But there's an easier and even more accurate way that most solar pros make use of, which is to simply check the past electrical bills for average daily, monthly and seasonal energy consumption. That's not an estimation, that's hard data. And you're gonna want to do this even after you do a load analysis just to double check your work. Sure, newly constructed buildings won't have past electric bills. But a lot of cases certainly will. But absolutely no mention of this tactic is made in the section on load analysis. Really odd. Next, I would have liked to see some representative, carefully chosen, very specific examples of actual completed solar installations to illustrate in concrete terms the main types of installations (grid direct, stand-alone battery, and grid-connected with battery back-up.) How they were sized. The specific components used. Photos of the installations. That would have been immensely helpful in seeing how all the separate steps are brought together to a completed whole. There's nothing like that. This leaves all the separate chapters on various stages of the planning and execution seeming still theoretical and somewhat abstract. There's not a single actual photo in this book. The diagrams and charts are fairly good. But not enough. On balance, this is still a very good book with most of the critical theory and information in one place that you are absolutely going to need to do a proper PV installation. Are you really going to be ready to immediately plan and build a PV system? Probably not quite. 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