To Catch the Sun is a book made freely available by two professors here: [https://www.academia.edu/92967239/To\_Catch\_the\_Sun](https://www.academia.edu/92967239/To_Catch_the_Sun) It is in two parts- the first is inspiring and sometimes funny stories of people putting up solar on their own all over the world. The second part is much more a ‘how to’ and discusses exactly how to build your own solar power system to power a single device – or all the way to your own house. If you are interested in going solar but put off by the costs – consider doing it yourself and cutting the cost in half. The book is easy enough for the modestly technically competent – but if you have never used a hammer or don’t know what a breaker is – this is not going to be a good book for you other than the stories in the front.
by OpenSustainability