C ontent Shor t Dictionar y of Solar T er ms 2 ZEBRA Solar F as t ening Sy s t em 4 7 The Adv ant ag es at a Glance 8 9 R oof F as t ening Sy s t ems 10 13 Mounting R ails 14 17 Module Clam ps Gr ounding Solutions 18 22 Flat R oof 23 Gr ound Mount 24 25 RFQ F or m 26 2 7 Ins t allation Ins tr uctions 28 43 St andar d Solar F as t ener s 44 4 6 DINISO und St andar d P ar ts 47 5 2 Mat er ial Pr ocessing 54 5 5 Hand T ools 56 5 8 Chemical T ec hnical Pr oducts 59 6 1 Safe ty 62 Ot her A ccessor ies 63 Our Ser vices f or Y ou 64 6 5 Wur t h The Assembly Pr ofessionals 66 6 7 Cont ent Shor t Dictionar y of Solar T er ms 2 Shor t Di C tion ar y of Sol ar t er MS What is solar t ec hnology Solar t ec hnology is t he colloq u ial t er m f or t he con v er sion of t he suns ener gy int o usable ener gy Du e t o t he fact t hat as mu c h ener gy fr om t he sun s tr ik es t he ear t h in ju s t 2 minu t es as t he entir e w or ld popu lation consu mes in one day solar t ec hnology is one of t he mos t im por t ant sou r ces of r ene w able ener gy As t he sun will pr obably bu r n f or appr o x ano t her 5 billion y ear s it is possible t o u tilize a vir tually ine xhaus tible sou r ce of ener gy The t apping of t his ener gy sou r ce is only limit ed b y t he g eog r aphical latitude season time of day and w eat her conditions The use of t he sun as an ener gy sour ce goes bac k man y centur ies The ancient Egyp tians alr eady made passiv e use of t he suns ener gy in t heir ar c hit ectur e Ho w e v er activ e use mus t be ascr ibed t o t he moder n age In 1839 Henr y Beq uer el disco v er ed t he socalled pho t o efect and wit h it cr eat ed t he basic condition f or t odays solar cells Her e positiv e and neg ativ e c har g e car r ier s ar e r eleased in solar cells dur ing t he pho t o efect wit h t he addition of light or heat Pho t o v olt aics The w or d pho t o v olt aics consis ts of t he Gr eek w or d f or light and t he name of t he ph y sicis t Alessandr o V olt a It descr ibes t he dir ect con v er sion of sunlight int o electr ical ener gy b y solar cells Solar t her mics Solar t her mics r efer s t o t he con v er sion of sunlight int o dir ectly usable heat It can for e x am ple be used t o pr oduce ho t w at er and t o suppor t heating sy s t ems 2 Solar Mounting Syt em