Review of: Solar Basics
Frank L Makowski
03/27/2022
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Very informative. Have a basic understanding of solar calculations now.
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Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Tony Hudson
03/27/2021
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Good course on interesting material.
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Review of: Solar Basics
JOHN STEVENS
03/25/2021
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Useful in providing a background in solar.
A table of contents for the course material would be useful
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Review of: Solar Basics
B. W. White, PE
01/31/2021
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One of the best courses I have taken with
SunCam. In fact, I am going to review it in its
entirety. Thanks,
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Course did exactly what it was promised to do. The references are very helpful.
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
It is an excellent educative material
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SOlar Basics
Richard W. Job
05/07/2020
The course did a good job of showing where to find the information required to do solar systems planning.
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Jorge Ledon
04/09/2020
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The course is very thorough in explaining where to obtain the data available for designing solar based systems. Excellent!!
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Ken Schuster
12/30/2019
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Course is as described and a very good introduction to the basics of radiation tables.
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Douglas Phillips
12/27/2019
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Although the course subject matter is quite broad and a lot to absorb if it was new, I thought it was important to present everything together. It took me more than four hours.
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Robert Salsbury
12/27/2018
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Robert A Salsbury, PE, LLC
The course covered the material however for future students - print out the pages for Des Moines and Colorado Springs - helps prevent needless errors. also the online test form did not match with study guide on question 23. Correct answer should be . . .
Portions of the review comments were removed because they address the correct answers to questions.
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Ben Cowart
11/19/2018
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Very thorough and good instructionon how to use the reference publications.
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Diego Acuna
11/05/2018
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I highly recommend this course for people working with solar energy or willing to know more about it.
Dr. Bengtson did an excellent job presenting concepts with meaningful examples.
I enjoyed this course very much!
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Eugene Gabrell
07/16/2018
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Nice overview into the world of available data for solar PV design.
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Philip Hanna
04/08/2018
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excellent training on using available tables to obtain data for any location in the world
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David Causey
02/12/2018
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Excellent in every regard.
Provides introduction and access to valuable engineering data and methods.
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Ida
02/06/2018
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This was a very interesting course. It really expedited learning how to use the website. Page number issues are still apparent.
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SG
01/31/2018
Verified Buyer
The material of the course is very shallow, I was expecting more details on how to use the charts. Not sufficient details on how to use the charts and it was very confusing to follow the examples.
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Warren M. Childress, PE
01/31/2018
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Very good review of the principles of solar engineering.
The introduction to the NASA website is very helpful.
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
Ronald Fields
01/30/2018
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Excellent course.
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122-Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
12/06/2017
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Excellent description regarding use of available solar data.
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JERRY LEE HALL
11/19/2017
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Excellent course! Good examples are provided along with crucial sources of data making this a very useful basis for solar design issues. It's always good to learn where some of our hard earned tax dollars have been used for worthwhile purposes!
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James
03/31/2017
Verified Buyer
good starting point for a complete novice.
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(no title provided)
I thought the test was effective in challenging the student to navigate the data table.
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David E. Wheeler
02/04/2015
I think the material was too broad, too shallow to be of much use. A better 4 hr course would be solar panels, but deeper, with thermal efficiency of windows ( and maybe, wall systems) as a second 4 hr block. I don't mean to be critical, but are we trying to learn something, or just to get past a re-licensing obstacle?
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Good overview of radiation data sources
Course covers how to obtain radiation data from NREL and NASA, as well as guidelines on how to interpret it. Emphasizes looking up data on tables, which can be dry at times, but that is inherent in the topic.
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Solar Basics - Good Course
I found the course informative and educational. The information was well organized. It would have been helpful to have a few more examples.
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Solar Basics - Radiation Data Online
I would suggest that No Name
10/27/2014
the course was very informing. I would suggest that more numerical and less true/false would make a better test.
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I found this course to be very helpful in determining information for a basic course.
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Informative, well presented
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Not worth it!
It appears this "course" is just a random collection of notes, packaged and presented as an educational course. As a college professor, I am certain that my college would never accept this type of material from me. I am disappointed that Suncam allowed this to be part of their course offerings.
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Excellent course. Clear and concise. Diagrams very good in explaining terms. Excellent examples.
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Since I am a relative novice in the solar design field, I found this course to be very informative and instructive. In fact, a second course that provides more detailed design information would be welcome.
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Good introduction to the type of data that are available for solar radiation calculations and how to use the data. The questions on the test provide a good review of the material.
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Very interesting and new. It provides a wide range of sources and quick tips on using data.
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Solar Basics
Contained useful information that was simple to follow
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(no title provided)
The questions could have required some more thought, as opposed to simply looking up data. Perhaps having to decide what data source was more pertinent to a problem.
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This was an excellent course. I learnt a lot from it. Also very helpful informatin on the various websites that provide radiation information. The examples provided were very helpful in taking the test
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A well presented tutorial and data access source. Straight forward and useful. Examples in text gave good positive feedback and made course move along smoothly.
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Course is overall good in information and web site locations.
Problems could be presented in a less confusing way to help you figure out the connection between the tables and the way information is calculated from it.
Over all the course was very good.
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Good overview of where to find and how to interpret solar data .
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Excellent introductory course
Wallace Carden, Jr.
11/03/2013
Good presentation of on-line data and definition of terms was well done.
Some page numbers and misspellings were found, but were easy to self-correct.
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Course material excellect; Test needs clarity
bob Lindaberry
10/07/2013
When multiple choice questions are written care must be taken to be sure they are written clearly. I do not believe question 2 clearly states the objective of the question.
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Page numbers for included data do not match.
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A title??
The course was detailed and contains much helpful information.
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Solar Basics
1-How about a BOLD Tiltle showing either NREL or NASA on the enclosed data sheets from those respective sources.
2-The reference on test sheet to page 22, 35 should read 23,35 (the way my copy printed; and 29, 31, 36 should read 30, 31, 36?
3- I'd like to know which questions I missed also
Very efficient presentation of the basics-to the point; good job!
SunCam Comment: You will always receive the detailed results of your test on-screen and as an attachment to the certificate email immediately upon passing the test.
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The course is very informative, especially for the individual who dose not work in this field.Presented very well.
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very well done as usual !! I like that I needed to know the info !
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Tough course !
James P. Stroke, PE
07/29/2013
Not an "easy" course (!) This course required some digging into the various charts. I found it a little tedious, esp. Q # 20, but I took the necessary time and finally worked everything out & achieved a perfect score. That was a good feeling! This course was definitely worth it. I learned a lot.--Thanks !
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Solar Basics Course
Course was informative and precise. Test well put together.
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The course was very informative and the information was presented logically and clearly. I appreciate the inclusion of all reference data in the body of the course.
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Donald Backys, P.E.
05/11/2013
Took the course to open up my thinking in a different area not my specialty. From that perspective it was worth the time and effort. Enjoyed working the problems which forced you to understand the data tables and how the subject comes together.
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The NASA Langley site is not too intuitive. It was difficult trying to determine the answer to queston #21. I originally had it correct but I changed it based on the latitude and longitude directions given on the Colorado and Iowa tables. Specifically both of those tables said the North and West directions are positive.
SunCam Response: The author has added further clarification to the course document.
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One of the URLs is an invalid link, and several of the references to the course material in the exam worksheet were incorrect.
SunCam Comment: The cross reference errors have been fixed.
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A little hard to follow. page no reference were off.
SunCam Comment: The cross references have been fixed.
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Good course
The course, as written is fairly well written. not all the links worked, so a search as done on the NREL site for manual.
SunCam Comment: The broken link has been fixed.
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No Title- Just my lengthly method
D/L test,study course O/L,purchase,submit test results. req 2 days, R/T the 200 min suggested. Course opens up the O/L Design Criteria available, and the Use Methodology, for Solar Engineering use.
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The material was well written and easy to understand. The examples in the text were very helpful in understanding how the material was related.
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Good information
Great course and will be very useful.
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