[RE-wrenches] shatterproof PV

[Ray Walters]

My mistake, I just found a spec sheet on the Unisolar 64, and it 
specifically advertises "No glass" and "unbreakable". I worked on 
systems with them before, but never sold them, so I assumed the textured 
top surface was tempered glass all these years.
Many pardons,

Ray

On 7/27/2011 9:21 PM, Carl Emerson wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> The discontinued Unisolar US64 did _not_ have any glass on the face.
>
> A great product, a shame they stopped manufacture.
>
> Carl Emerson
>
> Free Power Co.
>
> Web   www.freepower.co.nz
>
> Hi Marco;
>
> Regular modules are designed to take quite an impact. I recall one 
> manufacturer that fired 1" ice balls with an air cannon at their 
> modules, and then let visitors throw baseballs at them. It seems the 
> foul balls would be at a lower velocity than a person could throw, but 
> I don't know.
> Also the Unisolar 64 module has a glass face, so I just don't know of 
> a framed module without glass.
> Possibly you could add a sheet of Lexan (polycarbonate, very tough and 
> transparent) over the top of the array. I would think the losses would 
> be less than 10%.
> http://www.modernplastics.com/lexan.html
> Home Depot sells a corrugated polycarbonate clear roofing panel that 
> could possibly be attached over the top of the module.
> http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100049922/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 
> <http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100049922/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053>
> I've run over it, stomped it, dropped tools on it, it pops right out, 
> no cracking.
>
> Ray
>
> On 7/26/2011 10:58 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote:
>
> I'm looking to install a 10-20 kW system on a roof that's going to be 
> getting falling foul balls from a nearby baseball field.
>
> The roof is not appropriate for any of the Uni-Solar peel-n-stick 
> products.
>
> Any recommendations for anything else out there that does not have a 
> glass glazing?Hi Marco
>
> Thanks,
>
> marco
>
> provision_highres_solar_logo2 with C-26351
>
> Marco Mangelsdorf, President
> 69 Railroad Avenue, A-7
> Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
> (808) 969-3281, 934-7462 facsimile
> www.provision-solar.com <http://www.provisiontechnologies.com>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> List sponsored by Home Power magazine
>   
> List Address:RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org  <mailto:RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>   
> Options&  settings:
> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>   
> List-Archive:http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>   
> List rules&  etiquette:
> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm  <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm>
>   
> Check out participant bios:
> www.members.re-wrenches.org  <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org>
>   
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> List sponsored by Home Power magazine
>
> List Address: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
>
> Options&  settings:
> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>
> List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>
> List rules&  etiquette:
> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm
>
> Check out participant bios:
> www.members.re-wrenches.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20110727/3bfeac9f/attachment-0003.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 5935 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20110727/3bfeac9f/attachment-0003.jpe>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/gif
Size: 2966 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20110727/3bfeac9f/attachment-0006.gif>