Gridtie, breaking grounded conductor [RE-wrenches]

[Christopher Freitas --- OutBack Power]

>it can knock you on your butt, as friend or mine in Scotland found out 
>while testing a 12 kW Unisolar amorphous system while standing on a 
>metal roof.

Years ago I got to see the Dupont plant for making the Tefzel film used 
on the unisolar modules (among other things).  The workers who did the 
"putting up" on rolls of the film had ankle and wrist straps - on both 
of their legs and arms - and the area was surrounded in a metal mesh 
cage - the tefzel film is such a good dielectric material that just the 
humidity between the layers of the film when rolled up results in it 
becoming an incredibly powerful capacitor - which can kill...  

Its easy to forget at times that we're actually working with wirless 
transmitted thermal nuclear fusion power...

Christopher Freitas
OutBack Power Systems, Inc.
cfreitas @ outbackpower.com  
www.outbackpower.com
Arlington WA USA
Tel 360 435 6030  

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