Squirrel Damage? [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Lane]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wes Kennedy" <wes at namastesolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:27 PM
Subject: RE: Squirrel Damage? [RE-wrenches]


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> Thanks Sky,
>
> We've run into just a couple as well.
>
> Glad to hear it's not too widespread out there.
>
> Wes Kennedy
> 303-447-0300 x 215
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sky Sims [mailto:sky at ecologicalsystems.biz]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:00 AM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: RE: Squirrel Damage? [RE-wrenches]
>
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> We've had 2 systems out of about a thousand suffer from squirrels. We
> call squirrel damage an act of god and charge for any repairs.
> Thankfully the 2 systems which had any issues with squirrels also had
> J-boxes on the panels and one of the customers opted to have us install
> FNMC between the panels. We charged about $1500 for this service on 40
> panels. We did this about a year ago and haven't had any problems since.
> I'm pretty sure that's the last we heard of the squirrels on this
> system. But time will tell.
>
> Sky Sims
> Ecological Systems
> www.ecologicalsystems.biz
> 220 County Road 522
> Manalapan, NJ 07726
> ph)732-462-3858  fax)732-462-3962
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wes Kennedy [mailto:wes at namastesolar.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:16 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Cc: Stephen Kane
> Subject: Squirrel Damage? [RE-wrenches]
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> ReWrenches,
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> We have just started running into squirrel chewing on our array wires.
> It has been primarily on flush mounted low profile installations.  We
> have developed a method of fencing  the perimeter of the array using
> wire mesh, and it seems to do the trick at keeping the rascals out.
>
>
>
> I am curious on how others are dealing with this issue?  Any one have
> high percentages of rodent munching?
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> More importantly, how do you all  handle liability issues?  Who pays for
> the repair?  Do you raise the issue as a potential hazard at the sales
> stage?  Offer "squirrel skirts" as an option on your quotes?
>
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> Thanks!
>
>
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>
> Wes Kennedy
>
> Co-Owner
>
> Service, Design and Installation
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> NABCEP and CoSEIA certified PV installer
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