{"id":2466,"date":"2020-05-13T09:20:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solarpvtraining.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=2466"},"modified":"2022-10-18T05:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:55:57","slug":"understanding-photovoltaics-electronic-pdf-textbook","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/solarpvtraining.com\/product\/understanding-photovoltaics-electronic-pdf-textbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Photovoltaics (Electronic PDF Textbook) &#8211; 8th edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>An Easy-to-Follow Study Guide for Solar Electric Certification Programs<\/h4>\n<h2><strong>UPDATED November 2020!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The solar industry is rapidly changing and evolving and it is critical that our training materials keep pace.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, we have revised this popular text, adding about 30% more content (but maintaining the same affordable price).<\/p>\n<p>The new text is now available and the <a href=\"https:\/\/solarpvtraining.com\/courses\/residential-solar-installation-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online training program<\/a> is harmonized with it.<\/p>\n<p>Field tested by hundreds of students in schools around the U.S. and Canada, this easy-to-follow text is designed to take an extremely \u201cnon-technical\u201d student with zero background in PV, and literally teach them how to design and install a variety of residential PV systems.<\/p>\n<p>This text is also designed to help prepare students who wish to sit for industry-accepted certification programs such as the ETA Level 1 PV Certification or the NABCEP PV Certification Program.<\/p>\n<p>Each chapter contains multiple choice review questions, as well as labs that comply with \u201chands-on\u201d requirement of the ETA certification.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solar Photovoltaics Textbook Review - Understanding Photovoltaics\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UydIOYMkQDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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