I'd like to learn about solar power. I don't know much about it at the moment to be honest. There could be lots of types of panels, there could be few. There could be loads of common circuit configurations, and - again - there could be few.

Could anyone point me in the direction of websites, books, threads (I have already searched the forums, though), etc. please?

Thanks, in advance, for any help.

 

Hello,

Would the following pages of the EDUCYPEDIA help?
http://educypedia.karadimov.info/education/solarcells.htm
http://educypedia.karadimov.info/electronics/circuitssolar.htm
http://educypedia.karadimov.info/education/solarenergy.htm

Bertus

 

My material is geared for the US electrical codes, but it still be a helpful resource.

http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi/Photovoltaics/Codes-Stds/C-S-Resources.html

and especially:

http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi/Photovoltaics/Codes-Stds/PV-NEC-V-193.pdf

The latter will take you days to weeks to get thru, and should be reread several times. It has a ton of basic information.

 

Thanks guys! Gives me somewhere to get going from.

 

My blog entry explains how a SA IV curve works. A link is in the upper right-hand corner of this post.