[RE-wrenches] Panel Fire

Allan Sindelar allan at positiveenergysolar.com
Wed Feb 11 12:57:40 PST 2009


One detail I haven't heard mentioned yet and am curious about - the photo of
the fire damage appears to show the corner of another west(?)-facing array.
I find it curious that the system owner described a 2 kW system made up of
eight 250W(!) modules, which are clearly visible in the topmost system
photo.
 
There's just a whole lot that doesn't jive in this whole story. Scary to me.
Allan at + NRG
 
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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Bill Brooks



Wrenches,

After looking more closely at the pictures, it appears that they may not be
glass-covered modules. Given the poor manufacturing practices, this was a
fire waiting to happen the moment they turned it on. 

The amazing thing is that the installer is going to reinstall the module-and
burn the house down this time. Notice the fire made it through the roofing
in the middle.

Bill.

 

 
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