ill will

From: ill will Solar 7 student after FINAL Exam.

looking at my test scores and overall you can say I need some more help on pv. I just want you to know how thankful i am ta have such a cool relaxed and smart ass teacher. I can admit that i do wonder off but I still hung in there the best i could besides all of my outside world beef but im not making excuses. Thanks for writtng that letter to the judge and keeping me in the class I really appreciate that a lot. If i need to talk to someone about solar believe me your phone will be ringing. You had faith in me more then i had in myself this class made me look at things way different. I can actually say i completed something that has to do with education i might not of been the best but I know I'm way more knowledgeable about solar.. So again thank you so much Tom Hugget

Paul L

Hi Tom,

I worked last week on my first commercial job (with Tony). It was really experience for me. Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

I'm pretty sure I got hired because of your training and also the time I've done with Grid Alternatives. The person hiring me saw on my resume that I'd done 11 installs with 5 of them being team leader and that's what caught his eye. I recommend your future students to volenteer for them, even though they do things I would do different, you still get the experience of being on the roof, learning what type of tools you need, just all the basic stuff.

Thanks again,

Paul L
Have a great day.

Tony at SAP, Palo Alto

from Facebook to Sol Training:
Tom, We just completed our work through VEP at SAP, in Palo Alto. Some wheres of about 780 panels, on 4 separate roofs, no racking. The panels were mounted on a ballasted system and weighed down with paver stones, with no penetrations. We were informed by the GF (general foreman), we had broken records installing an array this large in 4 days (10 hours each). The good news is, there were guys working on this job that had attended both day and night solar classes at JobTrain, 6 guys. Out of these guys, the ones that attended your classes were: Steve Combs and I, Solar 5 and Paul Ledeboer, Solar 6. The key issue out on these multi-storied roofs is to stay hydrated all day long. The temperature had reached around 120 degrees in certain areas of the roof, at different times of the day; hope you feel like a proud (poppa) or instructor!.........Tony

C-46 solar license

Invent your own business with a C-46 (California solar contractors license) ~Tom
The following email post is to Steve Kennedy of Solar 6 from JB.

Steve,

I met you at the PG&E Solar Class last week.

I may have a job in Sunnyvale that could use your help. Maybe we could hire you as an independent contractor specifically for this job and see where it goes from there. We will be focusing most of our efforts out in the Dublin, Pleasanton, San Ramon area to try and build the solar business. I’m not sure you’d like to do the commute out our way.

The Sunnyvale job is a grid-tied battery backup system with a backup diesel generator. Let me know if  you know anything about these systems (ie…how to hook up a subpanel for the critical loads; how to wire up the battery system with the subpanel, the charge controller, the generator, and the inverter).

I know you are trying to break into the Solar Business. I had a thought for you that might be helpful for companies like me trying to get into the business. I myself will be going for my C-46 in the next few months. If you had your C-46 (emphasis added ~Tom), you could approach contractors and offer not only your services as a solar project manager, but you could also offer your C-46 credential that would help jumpstart their entrance into the PV market. If I’d met someone with their C-46 a year ago, and that person offered to help jumpstart my solar program, I would have jumped at the chance. Just a thought.

Regards,

JB

Willie

Hello Tom

This is my first job they sent me on. It was in foster city at a residence home. I was very excited to be a part of this project.  It was a 4.5 kW Roof mount PV System.  The job included 22 "Evergreen 205" modules. We used Solar City's own Canopy mounting system, which i found alot easier and faster then the pro solar mounting system we used in our class.  Also the inverter we used was a Fronious IG plus 3.8. It was a very exciting to work on the roof along side with the other installers. They really had me jump right into work rather than just have me stand and watch, which is what i expected since it was my first install.  I did everything from cutting shingles and laying down the brackets, flashings, rails, and modules. They Even had me Carry up each module up the ladder and onto the roof which was really crazy. I had to position the module in one hand and carry it up a 10 foot ladder with gusts of wind almost blowing me over every other module. All and all the install was a success and we actually finished it all in one day.

Best Regards, Willie

Coneybeares

How you doin Tom, just following up with you,

we just completed a huge job in the city, and everything turned out

well done and clean. Me and a few other temps were requested to

be apart of RealGoods Solar full time as soon as things start picking up

again- probably in mid February(as you know January is not the best month for solar). Coneybeares temp agency really hooked me up well, and working hard helped too. Take care Tom, Sunny IS Money!   Jon

Exported Waste Africa

Tom,

 

Thank you for sending me the article. These are some of the problems I was faced with on my last visit to Nigeria.  There is a place called Computer City in Lagos, Nigeria where all the recycle computer parts are store for resale. Not only is it causing big environmental issue it is also health problem. It is an issue that needs to be address now. It should be shipped to an industrialized developed country that will utilize the recycle part not Africa that is just developing. Global Warming is a Global Issue, No Nation should be left behind. Sending all these garbage to another country is not going to turn the Earth Green. What people need to understand is that we share the Oceans and the Earth. Our Globe is becoming smaller and smaller as people travel all over the world. If any disease breaks out we are doom to be affected. Going Green should be a Global compaign. This issue require a big attention before it gets out of control.

 

This is one of my concern regarding United Nation(UN) why are all these leaders gathering together and deciding on issues relating to Green and implementing the opposite. I think, we need conformity uniform global rules and regulation on Corporation setting new manufacturing plants including imports & exports of raw material and recycle material, carrying a penalty for any country that violate the law. 

 

Emission Control:

Update, do you know that all those cluster cars were shipped to Africa and other developing countries. Is this the perfect way of going GREEN or just a slogan of

"Not in my backyard" can the world leaders explain what they meant by cutting emission of CO2. for developed countries only. I do not think this is a perfect way of solving this Global Warming Issue at all. Moving a problem from one side to another side does not solve the problem instead it is going to build up and explode to a bigger problem that will be too late to handle.

Let me use Solar training term -laugh. it is just like connecting black (hot) & white (neutral)cable together (Explosion) This is a problem that does not required a rocket scientist to solve at all. We all need to make this place a better place for us to live. Since we begin the Green campaign it has increase the quality of life of some people and longetivy. Yes we can live to be 120 years. It happened in our forefather days as written in the bible. Women were even having children at 70yrs old. Let us allow nature to take it course.

 

Again, thanks for sending me the article. It did lifted my spirit and passion for the environment as usual.

 

Judith

 

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Tom Huggett <thuggett@sol-training.com> wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/science/earth/27waste.html?_r=1

Judith;
This article from the New York Times addresses some issues that you are passionate and made me think of you.  It mentions Nigeria at the very end.  I was hoping you would write an article for our solar  blog.
~Tom

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