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Environment & Energy

Sanity Claws

(22,132 posts) Wed Feb 5, 2025, 11:12 AM Feb 5

Books on home solar? [View all]

I plan to move and purchase property in about a year. My goal is to use solar power as much as possible. Can anyone recommend any books that would help me understand the basics and perhaps help me figure out how much I can accomplish on my own without hiring a contractor? I'll be retired and will have more time than money.
Thanks!

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Books on home solar? [View all] Sanity Claws Feb 5 OP

Home Power magazine is a good place to start RoadRunner Feb 5 #1

Thanks! Sanity Claws Feb 5 #2

Main thing is if you can put them on the ground IbogaProject Feb 5 #3

There are too many shady characters selling solar and too many ways to burn your house down. hunter Feb 5 #4

Great points Sanity Claws Feb 5 #5

Hunter stated the first rule for a home wind/solar system Finishline42 Feb 5 #6

Still selling Musk's Powerwalls, I see. NNadir Feb 5 #7

What's nuke got to do with the OP's question? Finishline42 Feb 5 #8

It has nothing to do with the question, but rather the ethics of a mentality. Here's a safety/environmental question: NNadir Feb 6 #9

Now do flat screen TV's Finishline42 Feb 6 #10

This Old House on Solar Install Finishline42 Feb 7 #11