Repair of broken PV modules [RE-wrenches]

[Carl Emerson]

graham at solarexpert.com wrote:

>  I have seen solar panels damaged by bullets, BB’s, rocks, wiskey bottles,
> dropped hammers as well as slate falling from an upper story roof during
> an
> earthquake, but never hail.

Graham,

I have just come back from Sydney Australia consulting for Vodafone.
In the process of recommending panel technology for remote cell sites we
came across an array of 24 conventional glass panels fully smashed by hail.
This is unusual because generally the hail storms come from the South and
the arrays are North facing.
Because we were looking at a need for very high reliability the decision was
made to go for Unisolar or Canon panels with no glass.

Cheers

Carl Emerson
Manager
FREEPOWER LTD.  "Harnessing Natural Energy"
P.O. Box 10-1207 N.S.M.C. Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
Ph. 09 4275206 fax 09 4275208  cell 021-633999  web www.freepower.co.nz

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