[RE-wrenches] Painting Anodized AL Racking (was Battery charging with XW series equipment)

Mon Jul 28 09:29:04 PDT 2008

What about powder coating?  I bet you have one close by.  In my relatively
rural low population density area I’ve have access to 2 or 3 powder coaters
within 50 miles so I would make the naive assumption that there are a lot of
them out there.  It’s very affordable.  They normally charge by the pound in
my experience.  They might have to acid wash (or ??) the pieces first but
they would know all of that and would be able to tell you how well it would
do in the sunlight etc.

And I’ve had good experiences with our local Sherwin Williams store.  In
some cases they even send a guy out to inspect to make they recommend right
system and prep procedure.

Best,

Travis Creswell

Ozark Energy Services

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From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dana
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:52 PM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery charging with XW series equipment

Call your local paint supply, I use Sherwin Williams, they always seem to
have the answer for off the wall paint challenges.

Thanks -

Dana Orzel

Great Solar Works, Inc

www.solarwork.com

E - dana at solarwork.com

V - 970.626.5253

F - 970.626.4140

C - 970.209.4076

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Peter
Parrish
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:52 PM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery charging with XW series equipment

Wrenches,

We have a high-end client for whom we are installing a 12 kWp system on an
essentially flat roof. The terrain slopes down from the street to the house
(and there is an additional 2.5 deg slope on the roof in the same
direction), hence making the array visible at some point away from the house
going towards the street. The client has asked us to paint the back
tilt-legs and rails of the array the same color as the PV module frames. The
reason being the legs and rails are clear anodized (ProSolar) and the
modules are black anodized (BP SX3200). We are talking about only the back
of one row, as the front of the row is so low as to be truly out of sight.

The question: what do we need to do to prep and paint the clear anodized
tilt legs and rails? I’m hoping that a quick TSP wash and rinse, followed by
a primer appropriate for Al, followed by a high quality exterior paint. Any
suggestions on primer and finish coat products? We want this to look good
and last a long time.

Thanks,

- Peter

Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President
California Solar Engineering, Inc.
820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065
Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885
CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26
peter.parrish at calsolareng.com 

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From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of jay peltz
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:30 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery charging with XW series
equipment

Hi Todd,

I agree. I sure like what I've seen, but that is a large hole,

jay

peltz power

On Jul 24, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Todd Cory wrote:

I wish they would address the question I asked about why they neglected to
include an amp hour meter that communicates with their charge controller on
a battery based system. The lack of an accurate metering system is one of
the biggest elephants in the room with this inverter/CC system.

Todd

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