Sunslate [RE-wrenches]

Bill Brooks billbrooks7 at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 22 09:21:12 PDT 2001


Drake,

We had Atlantis install their system at PVUSA, and they had a difficult time
passing our field wet resistance test (FWRT). The test sprays soapy water on
the array and looks for ground faults with an electrical insulation tester.
Their first two arrays could not pass the test. The third array passed the
test because the gooped each connector with silicone.

Moral of the story--the connectors are not well engineered. To get the
system to last will require silicone.

Also, the array operates about 10C hotter than a standoff array causing the
system to lose an additional 5% or so of output over a similarly sized
standoff mounted system.

Bill.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drake Chamberlin - Electrical Energy
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:13 AM
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> Subject: Sunslate [RE-wrenches]
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> Hi Wrenches,
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> I have a customer that is interested in Sunslate PV roof tile.
> Does anyone
> have experience with this product?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drake
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