[RE-wrenches] Panel Fire

[Wind-sun.com]

Quite possible they were home-made, or at least "semi" homemade in some 
garage "factory".

The fact that they apparently used some kind of non-bonded plastic sheet to 
cover the cells instead of glass tells me it was a low-budget, low tech 
panel.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Travis Creswell" <tcreswell at ozarkenergyservices.com>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel Fire


> Yeah, spooky pictures.  Certainly that was non-glass glazing.  I can make
> out a way too unsecured wire at the top left of the array but that might
> have been secured before the conflagration event.
>
> Could these panels have been "home made" by someone in their garage?  I
> regularly loose cells for sale on E-Bay and in the back of home power.
> Someone's buying them.
>
> Travis Creswell
> Ozark Energy Services