[RE-wrenches] shatterproof PV

[Alex Cozine]

SIlicon energy modules

has glass front and back.  VERY Durable.

http://www.silicon-energy.com/pdf/SiE-Cascade-Spec-Sheet-V8.2-Rev070111.pdf

almost bullet proof.



On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Ray Walters <ray at solarray.com> wrote:

>  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:
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>  Hi Guys,****
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> The discontinued Unisolar US64 did *not* have any glass on the face.****
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> A great product, a shame they stopped manufacture.****
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> 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
> 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: ****
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> 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.********
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> The roof is not appropriate for any of the Uni-Solar peel-n-stick products.
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> Any recommendations for anything else out there that does not have a glass
> glazing?Hi Marco********
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> Thanks,********
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> marco********
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Alex Cozine
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™

Brothers Electric & Solar
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