Bonjour George, I can recommand different textbooks in french for electricity and eyrolles is a major french publisher technical books : they have a famous book about basic electricity : http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/electricite-mode-d-emploi-9782501072601 a list of different books related to electricity : http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=%E9lectricit%E9&xd=ntq3nol9d7gftf21dvtvmuv1p2 for solar panel installation in remote areas : http://www.eyrolles.com/Sciences/Livre/photovoltaique-alimentation-electrique-autonome-de-sites-isoles-9782866611811 "installation electriqueÃ": http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Recherche/?q=installation+electrique another basic installation of electrical networks: http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/les-installations-electriques-9782862275888
Tell me if that fits your/their needs and we can exchange w/ them if they want a specific topic book. cheers, Xavier Carcelle. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:09:25PM -0400, George Hunt wrote: > Hi everyone, > > While working with Adam Holt in Haiti, I met a few "go-getter" teens who > already are doing basic house wiring. They could help diagnose battery and > solar array problems if they had a little more background. > > I learned basic electricity reading and re-reading the first few chapters of > the Amateur Radio Relay League Handbook. I could use some help finding > something similar for french speakers. > > Creole is the spoken language, but the instructional language is French and > the students are easy with learning out of a book in french. > > Unfortunately I don't know enough French to find equivalent sources on line, > or available for purchase on the web. > > I did find open source "basic electricity" texts in english (though perhaps > too verbose) as examples of what I think is needed: > > - http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/index.htm > - http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/4_6/Electricity/dc_electricity.htm > - http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/How_Electricity_Works.swf > > Thanks for help, > > George > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
