[RE-wrenches] Another PV fire

[Bill Brooks]

William,

 

Apparently this fire was started by miswiring a combiner box. Most likely
reverse polarity of a string or whole combiner box feeder at the inverter.
Details to come.

 

Bill.

 

 

From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William
Miller
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:21 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Another PV fire

 

Colleagues:

This is starting be more common.  Below from our local paper:


Rooftop solar panels catch fire at Meridian Winery east of Paso Robles

Solar panels on a building at Meridian Winery east of Paso Robles caught
fire Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire.The panels were on the roof of
the building where red wine is fermented. Firefighters are trying to see if
the flames spread to other solar panels, but have to wait for the
electricity to be turned off.
Meridian Winery is located at 7000 Highway 46 East. The fire was reported at
10:25 a.m. 


William Miller




Please note new e-mail address and domain:

William Miller 
Miller Solar
Voice :805-438-5600
email: william at millersolar.com
http://millersolar.com <http://millersolar.com/> 
License No. C-10-773985

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