Updated:
4/28/15
John Drake Services, Inc.
1427 E. 68th Street
Long Beach, CA 90805
voice line
(562) 423-4879
fax line
(562) 728-9941
electricity from the sun by John Drake II | home
About Us | About this website. | Getting Started | Solar Panels / Photovoltaic Modules - Read Before You Buy | Make A Plan | PV System Layout and Parts | Start with the loads you are going to operate | Battery Types and Sizing | Battery Safety | Battery Charging Voltages and Temperature | Battery Trouble Shooting | Charging Batteries - You can't have everything. | Battery State of Charge and Measurement | Safety Devices Fuses and Circuit Breakers | Series & Parallel Wiring | Wiring and Power Distribution Connections | Photovolatic Module Specifications - Real or a Pipe Dream | Photovoltaic module solar panel location and positioning | Photovoltaic Module and Solar Panel Information | Charge Controller Types | Wire and Cable Types | Wiring - Doing it Right | Connections for Wiring | Voltage Drop - Wire Loss, What are they? | Outdoor Connections | Wire loss - Voltage drop charts | D.C. to A.C. Inverters | Low Voltage D.C. Lighting & Color Temperature of Light | Battery System Monitoring | Dont fool yourself - Spending your money wisely. | Solar Converters GS-1AC | Linear Current Boosters for Water Pumping | Utility Grid Intertie Systems | Solar Insolation Chart | More Information | Alternative Energy Expectations | Power Needs Worksheet | Reference Sources | Contact Us
About this website.
As time goes on we will be putting information and
drawings in the pages of this website to help
beginners getting into solar energy.
Hopefully some old hands will either learn
something new or teach me something new.
You should only stop learning when the gophers
start delivering your mail.
You will notice one of the major themes of this
website - SAFETY.
Nothing means anything if you get hurt in the process.
If you are not sure how to do something, ask someone
who really knows before you stumble into a disaster.
As the old saying sorta goes, "there are no stupid
questions, just stupid mistakes".