[RE-wrenches] PV shingles again

[Drake Chamberlin]

Unisolar shingles required using Wiremold wiring gutters on the 
underside of the roof with flex metal conduit on every set of wires, 
since DC must be in metal conduit in a building.  The installation 
was a giant project.  The UL listing disappeared shortly after the project.

At 09:45 AM 3/31/2009, you wrote:
>Ditto... we've quoted Atlantis Sunslates at least a dozen times but the
>extreme price premium and need to do the entire roof in an odd-sized
>Swiss-made roof tile always kills the project.  I've also been told many
>of the PV shingles being used in the warmer southern states are not
>applicable to freeze/thaw climates.  Would love to see a reasonably
>priced product in a normal form factor for the north though, as I'm sure
>there's a market.
>
>Jeff Irish
>Hudson Valley Clean Energy
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Wind-sun.com
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:50 AM
>To: RE-wrenches
>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] PV shingles again
>
>Not so fabulous...
>
>A pain to install, expensive.
>
>We have never gotten past the quoting stage on them. Once sticker shock
>hits
>they either back out or go with conventional panels.
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Howie Michaelson" <howie at suncatchervt.com>
>To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:06 AM
>Subject: [RE-wrenches] PV shingles again
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I take it that since their were no bites on my earlier query about the
>use
>of PV shingles, that either no one uses them or you want to keep this
>fabulous technology a secret...
>
>Thanks,
>Howie
>--
>Howie Michaelson
>NABCEP Certified Solar PV InstallerT
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Drake Chamberlin
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