We have adapted a 144 page solar training manual written by Herbert Wade into the Marshallese language. This Manual is written in both Marshallese and English, and is fully illustrated with diagrams and calculations demonstrating the inter workings of household scale solar systems, including tips for maintenance and repair. This manual will be available for training Island Ecos customers and to other parties interested in solar energy. A video is also being produced to complement the solar manual, which will be available in the middle of this year. The manual includes eleven chapters on the following topics:

President Jurelang Zedkaia shows his support for the creation of the Marshallese Solar Training Manual.

• Ch 1: Introduction to solar PV systems as compared to water collection systems
• Ch 2: Introduction to electricity, voltage, current, power, and batteries
• Ch 3: Introduction to solar PV panels and how to use them efficiently
• Ch 4: Information on how controllers work and how they regulate electric current from batteries
• Ch 5: The role batteries play in solar PV systems, how they work, how to maintain them and the different types of batteries
• Ch 6: How to correctly wire a solar PV systems and its components
• Ch 7: Appliances used with PV solar systems
• Ch 8: Information about DC refrigeration units and how to use and maintain them
• Ch 9: Other parts of a PV solar system and how it produces power from sunlight
• Ch 10: Safety and maintenance for PV solar systems
• Ch 11: Troubleshooting a solar PV system in a methodological way

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