Your own Eco-Electrical Home Power System

This short book provides the semi-technical, power-conscious homeowner a place to begin in the quest for home electric power. Both the essential principles and detailed information on how to build or maintain a home electric system off the utility grid are presented in an easy-going style.

This booklet will help you to safeguard or develop your own home electricity supply:
Step-by-step calculations lead you through your own electric system design, to determine sizing of solar panels, battery bank, solar charger, and inverter based on load estimation.
Examples are given that can be used as templates for your electric system.
Practical details on everything from wire size, outlet conventions, solar-panel junction box wiring, generator maintenance, and charger connections are well illustrated.
Major factors are considered for wind, ethanol production, and streams as power sources.
Basic electric theory is explained using basic mathematics; the use of formulas is made clear using examples.
Electric system problems are described, with suggested remedies, including practical annoyances that are usually not covered elsewhere.