Sunslate [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

Steve Coonen at Altantis said he sells sunslates to and through roofing
distributors and contractors, not to solar companies. Please tell us if he sells
direct to you.

Bill Brooks wrote:

> 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
> > [mailto:solar at eagle-access.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:13 AM
> > To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> > Subject: Sunslate [RE-wrenches]
> >
> >
> > Hi Wrenches,
> >
> > 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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