[RE-wrenches] Panel Fire

[Drake Chamberlin]

The last post on your discussion forum, from the person identified as 
BB,  looks the most likely.  The modules were large (250 W), corner 
mounted, with plastic (instead of glass) "glazing."  The panels were 
able to flex under wind load, and damage the internal conductors.  It 
looks to me from the before photo, that the modules are already bowed 
a bit.  That could be an optical illusion.

That the "glazing" was plastic is evidenced by the fact that it 
burned up.  If the material was glass, it would not have 
disintegrated the way it did.



At 01:42 AM 2/11/2009, you wrote:
>In view of the recent discussion here about fires and PV systems, 
>you might all want to take a look at this post that someone just 
>posted on our forum
>
>http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/showthread.php?t=4524
>
>I never heard of this happening before.
>
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Drake Chamberlin
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