Repair of broken PV modules [RE-wrenches]

Joel Davidson joeldavidson at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 15 18:39:53 PST 2002


When I lived in the Ozark mountains of northwest Arkansas, solar modules
and livestock actually use to fire warning shots back at cowardly
idiots.

Darrin Primm wrote:
> 
> There are literally thousands of modules all though out tornado alley in use
> by oil and natural gas pipeline companies.  Hail is a common occurrence but
> hail damage is very uncommon.  My guess is the replacement rate is about one
> per thousand per year.  Most weather damage seems to come from flying debris
> during high wind events.  I had a utility customer armor his panels mounted
> high on transmission towers with sheet steel and Kevlar because hunters kept
> shooting them.  The panels powered remotely operated sectional switches.  As
> you can tell from this story, here in the south, solar attracts idiots with
> guns as well as it attracts space gravel.
> 
> Darrin Primm
> Sales Coordinator
> Alternate Energy Group
> Hutton Communications, Inc.
> Phone: 770-963-1380
> Toll Free: 877-896-2806
> Fax: 770-963-9335
> E-mail: primmd at huttonsolar.com
> web site: www.huttonsolar.com
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