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This section of the Guidebook is intended to provide external references to photovoltaic power. This is just a sampling of the information out there. The links listed are intended to give others a starting place.

The first table provides broad knowledge based links to help further your understanding of photovoltaics. The links in this table are ones with no commercial interests.

*Photovoltaic Systems* *Knowledge References*
*Category*	*Topic*	*Discussion*	*Link*
Electrical Installation	National Electric Code Requirements	Very good article with plenty of drawings and other references	Photovoltaic Power Systems & the NEC
Photovoltaic Knowlege	General article on photovoltaic power	This Wikipedia article is good, but also serves as a launch page for related articles.	Wikipedia - Photovoltaics
Consumer Guide	Buying a Solar Electric System	Article put out by the State of California to guide people in determining whether they should purchase a PV system	Buying a PV System
Launch Page	Links on Photovoltaics	A lot of good references can be obtained here.	Photovoltaics for Homes


	The following table contains a very few of the companies that sell photovoltaic components. Largely these are either the companies that I purchased products from, or those that I reviewed when writing this article. I encourage you to shop around before buying your own components. In all likelihood, you’ll find better deals than I did.

*Photovoltaic Systems* *Sample of Components for Sale*
*Category*	*Company*	*Discussion*	*Link*
Solar Panels (Photovoltaic)	Civic Solar	This company was a cheap as any I reviewed. They sell other components as well, but I didn’t review them. Call them to make sure something is in stock.	Solar Panels
Charge Controllers	Solar Blvd	This company had a good price on Morningstar Charge Controllers, so I went with them	Solarblvd
Inverters - non Grid Tie	Inverter Supply	They had about the best deals on non-grid tie inverters	Inverter Supply
Inverters - Grid Tie	Solarhome	For the Sunny Boy 3000 watt grid tie inverter I referenced in this article, they had the best deal. My advice - shop around; there is a lot of differences in prices for grid tie inverters	Solarhome
Deep Cycle Batteries		I didn’t provide a link for this as you would probably have to pick the up locally. Caution - ensure the batteries are true deep cycle, not deep cycle marine. Golf cart batteries are generally pretty cheap. I bought through NAPA, but I hear that Walmart sometimes sells cheap Golf cart batteries.