I started preparing for my office solar conversion in 1999, finally flipping the solar switch in mid-November 2001.   I started writing this article during mid-2002.  It was published in HOMEPOWER magazine, Issue 97, Oct/Nov 2003, pgs 88-95.  HOMEPOWER was a considerable resource for me as I prepared for and designed my system, so I intended my article as yet another addition to HOMEPOWER's archives of resources for others like me who need to read about how and what other doers think, discover, implement and operate.  To download a high resolution pdf copy of Issue 97, goto www.homepower.com. The cost was only $5 last time I checked, available by searching HOMEPOWER's archives.  Below is a lower resolution copy, exactly as it appeared in HP 97.