[RE-wrenches] Panel Fire
Wind-sun.com
windsun at wind-sun.com
Wed Feb 11 10:03:25 PST 2009
At the very least, it shows a good reason to not use any of those off-brand
(or no brand) cheap unlisted panels that have been floating around lately.
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Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Drake Chamberlin" <drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel Fire
> 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.
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