[RE-wrenches] SIlicon energy modules

toddcory at finestplanet.com toddcory at finestplanet.com
Wed Jul 27 22:08:06 PDT 2011


Have you installed these Alex? I have specified them for a upcoming, local, grid-tied system here in heavy snow country because there is no frame to peel off from ice dams. The mounting system looks highly complicated/confusing. Can you (or any other list members who have worked with these) share with me your installation experience?
 
Thanks,
 
Todd
 
 
 
 
On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:34pm, "Alex Cozine" <acdc.cozine at gmail.com> said:



SIlicon energy modules

has glass front and back.  VERY Durable.

[http://www.silicon-energy.com/pdf/SiE-Cascade-Spec-Sheet-V8.2-Rev070111.pdf] 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 <[mailto:ray at solarray.com] 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:

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                   [http://www.freepower.co.nz] 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] 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
 

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