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Upon request |
Electrical Basic - This covers the necessary
electrical basics that one needs in order to
design and install PV solar systems. |
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| Monday
8 am to 5 pm |
PV Basics -
Covers a short history of PV, PV basics, PV
design, matching your inverter to your array,
grounding issues between AC & DC, and pulling a
permit.
Mounting Systems - Pole mount, ground mount,
flat roof, raised seam metal roof. |
$200 |
| Tuesday
8 am to 5 pm |
Advanced PV Designs
& Code Class - Covers electrical and PV
design and installation issues. The changes in
the National Electrical design and installation
issues. The changes in the National Electrical
Code (NEC) will be discussed as how these
changes affect PV installations. |
$350 |
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Wednesday
8 am to 12 pm |
Continuation of Code
class from Tuesday and installation issues. |
N/A |
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Wednesday
1 pm to 5 pm |
Mega watt
Installations - covers an overview of the
equipment and installation of mega watt
installations. |
$100 |
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Thursday
8 am to 12 pm |
Hands ON class
- Will cover aligning an array on the roof,
mount the racking, mount the modules, wire &
grounding the modules, wire the equipment,
testing the system, effects of shading, and
watching the meter run backwards. |
$100 |
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Thursday
1 pm to 5 pm |
Tour of existing PV
systems - tour two local megawatt PV systems
and three unique residential PV systems.
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$100 |
| Friday
8 am to 5 pm |
Battery based
systems -The morning is devoted to classroom
study of battery based PV systems. The afternoon
is a hands-on lab putting the equipment together
and verifying that the system works properly. |
$450 |
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Total
cost for all classes $1300
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Study questions
at the end of each topic, with calculations
Montrose, CO
June 13 - 17, 2011
Possible session
in late June - not set yet
3rd Session: July 11 - 15, 2011
4th Session - Sept 19 - 23, 2011
5th Session - Nov 7 - 11, 2011
Call 303-922-2063 or email us at
thamessolar@earthlink.net to be registered.
Need: Name, phone number, email
address, street address
Payment Methods:
Check – Visa –
MasterCard - Debit -Cash
Remarks
from students on the
5-Day Seminar .
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Having had my own business since 1985 with 60+
employees and having attended many workshops/seminars,
this PV workshop was one of the best organized and along
with Ken’s knowledge of the PV industry, made this three
day workshop a complete success. Ken has the ability to
pass on his knowledge of 12 years in the PV industry to
a class made up of non-electricians with great success.
Paul Guarracino, Briracliff, NY
- I wanted to thank Heat Spring for
the wonderful opportunity to attend a workshop in the
the local Danbury, CT area. The program was a perfect
balance of educational material and instructor
experience (Ken Thames instructor), which was extremely
helpful to anyone wanting to jump start their PV
business. Dennis MacDougall, VP for Facilities at Pace
University.
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Ken is the preeminent solar professional in
Colorado. He has been installing and studying solar PV
systems for decades. Ken has the knowledge and ability
to simplify complex systems, and his commitment to
excellence is unsurpassed. David Johansson, Master
Electrician Denver Metro area.
 
Megawatt system (left)
Out back PS2 final day lab (right)
The final day of classes is devoted
to batteries. You will build a
complete battery backed up Outback PS2 system that will
work! Learn how to connect the batteries, charge
controller, DC box, Inverters, AC box and Combiner box
properly. Turn on the system and program the inverters
with the mate to properly put out 120/240. Connect a
back up Generator and learn how the Inverters can charge
the batteries. The class will also hook up a small solar
array to see the charge controller MPPT and charge the
batteries.
Out Back Charge
Controller (Part of the lab, Day 5)
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