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I install almost exclusively pole mount systems and because wildlife (deer, bear, moose) and livestock (cows, sheep, goats, horses) are common influences the bottom edge of the array is usually above 6'. This makes for some pretty high poles on larger arrays. I strongly discourage ground mounts in my area. Roof mounts, because of snow, are also a bad idea for most applications in my part of the world. Last winter I had to replace a combiner box that got ripped off a pole mount by a horse running in a most unexpected location. It ripped a j-box off the back of one of the modules along with it. Luckily for the owner it was fixable and the panel didn't have to be replaced. <div><br></div><div>Ron Young</div><div>earthRight Solar - Solareagle<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 8-Jan-09, at 4:19 PM, David Buckner wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal">I’m curious to hear any horror stories (or simple nuisances) relating to open field ground mounted arrays involving wildlife. Either wildlife or array being damaged by the other. The only hassles we’ve had have been the occasional squirrel under flush mounted rooftop arrays. We’ve had a few ground mounted arrays up and running for over 5 years and I’ve never seen any issues. We are now getting ready to install another ground mount (NJ location), and the customer has asked the question.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">David<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">--<br> David Buckner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><br> Solar Energy Systems, LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1205 Manhattan Avenue</span><br> <span style="color:#1F497D">Suite 1210</span><br> <span style="color:#1F497D">Brooklyn, NY 11222-1058</span><br> <br> <span style="color:#1F497D">ph 718-389-1545 (ext 11)<br> fx 718-389-2820<br> e <a href="mailto:dbuckner@solaresystems.com" title="mailto:dbuckner@solaresystems.com"><span style="color:blue">dbuckner@solaresystems.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List sponsored by Home Power magazine</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Options & settings:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List rules & etiquette:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Check out participant bios:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">www.members.re-wrenches.org</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>