SOLAR SIZE (c)1992 Keith Wamsley INTRODUCTION Welcome to the ultimate solar panel and battery sizing program for Windows. Given your load and location characteristics, it will provide sizing information. It includes winter peak sun hours and minimum winter temperatures at major US cities. You have the option to manually enter this data if you wish or load alternate city data files. There are report print functions as well as data save and recall functionality. A full help function with design hints is included. THE FILES The following files are supplied with this program: SOLAR.EXE The Main executable file VBRUN100.DLL The Visual Basic data linker for Windows SOLARHR.LDF Data for calculation of location peak sun hours MAJORUS.CDF City temperature and location data SOLAR.INI User Configuration file USERDOC.TXT The user instruction book README.TXT This file INSTALLATION Copy all the files except VBRUN100.DLL to the directory of your choice. Copy VBRUN100.DLL to the Windows\System directory. Place the program in your choice of program groups as you would any windows application in the Program Manager. RUNNING This program is a full windows application, hence it will behave just like any other windows application. Use the mouse or Tab key to move around, Enter Key or mouse button to select from lists or push buttons. DOCUMENTATION The user documentation (USERDOC.TXT) is a standard text file. Use any text editor to read or print. You can print it out with the DOS command PRINT /D:PRN USERDOC.TXT. You can also use the Windows NotePad program. The File is formatted for 60 lines per page. Don't forget to register.