Training from Secon Solar
Secon have been involved in solar training for many years in a variety of venues and organisations, both on and off site. We also offer training in our purpose built training room, catering for groups up to about 8 and share installation expertise and commissioning/fault finding knowledge with you. We offer basic 1-day courses or more advanced bespoke to suit your needs. Please note we do not offer BPEC or LOGIC certification type solar courses, as these are available from many other training providers.
Basic Course content:
- Energy background, Solar resource and geometry
- Domestic Hot water System overview - Direct, Indirect, Drainback, pressurised
- The Resol controller range and common applications - A/AX, BS 3/4, BS Plus, ES, E, M
- Using the BS3 controller - factory settings, making adjustments, “hands on” activity
- BS series Options - Heat quantity measurement, Thermostat function, Back up heating,
- Using common systems with BS Plus controller - Two stores, East /West
- Questions, fault finding and recap
- Filling and commissioning systems - Pump speed selection, Flowrate adjustment, Filling and venting systems
Course fee: £45 + VAT including lunch and refreshments
Dates:
Thursday 28th Jan 2010
Thursday 25th Feb 2010
Thursday 25th Mar 2010
To book a place please contact admin@seconsolar.com
Advanced and tailored courses
We offer bespoke courses built from the following modules:
- PV basics
- Hydraulic dimensioning of pumps and pipework
- Electronics primer
- Electrical installation primer
- Introduction to fluids and thermodynamics
- Monitoring options
- Display options
- Back up heating methods and control
- Heat diversion
- Preheating instantaneous appliances
- Control technology
- Control commissioning and function blocks
- System commissioning
- Fault finding and diagnostics
- Repair work
- Heating systems primer
- Electronically commutated pumps
- Energy efficiency primer
- System performance prediction
- Polysun Solar simulation software
Please contact tech@seconsolar.com for more information.
Please click here for directions, we are situated just off the A19 with very good travel links by road, rail and air. We are just five minutes from the Stadium of Light, Metro station and will be happy to pick people up from there if requested when booking.
Staff
Technical Manager Nick Davies delivers most of the training material and has considerable experience in electronic control, energy efficiency and integration of renewable energy in buildings. Nick has five years experience training electricians in FE and was a senior consultant at BRE for five years, giving regular energy awareness and renewable presentations and providing technical support to the Clear Skies and LCBP grant programs.
Director Iain Calderwood has over 30 years experience of UK solar practice, supply and installation. Iain has mentored many installation companies through to becoming Clear Skies approved installers (precursor to MCS) and was a regular trainer during the first BPEC courses at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT). Iain has designed and overseen installation of solar thermal equipment on a range of buildings throughout the UK from the late 1970s onwards.
For more detailed information on RESOL branded products, please click here to download the 2009/10 catalogue. Please note you will need Acrobat Reader.