Re: [RE-wrenches] NABCEP succumbs to IBEW pressure?

2008-09-05 Thread Roy Butler
Glenn, ISBN 978-0-8269-1287-9 Available in several places now including Amazon.coma wonderful book! Wish this was around 'back in the day' when I was getting started Roy Butler NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC

Re: [RE-wrenches] NABCEP succumbs to IBEW pressure?

2008-09-05 Thread Glenn Burt
Do you happen to have the ISBN number for that textbook? Regards, Glenn Burt Technical Specialist Renewable Power Systems, LLC PO Box 967 Averill Park, NY 12018 V: 518-674-5808 C: 518-810-3174 F: 518-514-1175 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.RPSpower.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [RE-wrenches] NABCEP succumbs to IBEW pressure?

2008-09-05 Thread David Brearley
Work force development is a huge issue if the US solar market takes off the way we all hope it will. This sounds like a model program, very admirable. The ATP Press textbook is very comprehensive. The in-class, hands-on labs described are diverse. And the students are all highly-qualified before th

Re: [RE-wrenches] NABCEP succumbs to IBEW pressure?

2008-09-05 Thread Darryl Thayer
hi ALL I am the NABCEP certified installer that teaches the course. So I am the horses mouth. If you knew the whole story it might look different. Further we have no sweetheart deal with NABCEP, and are encouraging them to increase their standards. Following is part of the story. To complet

[RE-wrenches] NABCEP succumbs to IBEW pressure?

2008-09-05 Thread Tump
Good day fellow NABCEP installers. My brother in law ,who is a member of IBEW, was visiting from Minnesota, needless to say we have some interesting discussions, this one for example. He said that he was taking a course, taught by a NABCEP certified installer, "to get the guys certified". We talk

Re: [RE-wrenches] Followup to Surrette Battery Question

2008-09-05 Thread James Surrette
Hi Matt et al, Sorry for missing my que to respond. As mentioned, the big concerns is mineral content in the water which will adhere to the plate and "take the place" of a possible reaction site - thus reducing capacity. As you can imagine, water quality is a concern from both the input and