unknown, I will send an email and ask.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Dana <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com">dana@solarwork.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
<div>
<p><span>Any random brown
spots on the trace lines intersections? [on the back encapsulate]</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thanks
-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dana
Orzel</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Great
Solar Works, Inc</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.solarwork.com" target="_blank">www.solarwork.com</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">E
- <a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com" target="_blank">dana@solarwork.com</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">V
- 970.626.5253</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">F
- 970.626.4140</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">C
- 970.209.4076</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN">"I'd
put my money on solar energy… I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and
coal run out before we tackle that."</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" lang="EN">—Thomas
Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<div style="border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason
Lombard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 09, 2009 1:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Interesting question</span></p>
</div>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0.5in;">This is from an installer in St Croix about and issue
he had. Any thoughts?</p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
I have a client w/ an older solar array. They are at least as old as 1991, and
I installed 1 new panel and new SW4048 and L-16 bats in Jan 2000. The 24 modules
are Solarex "SX 110" but they have a 2.1 Isc and they measure
17.5" x 42 " each I believe they are @ 35W each. They are
wired 4 modules in series , 6panels@ 48V nom. w/ 2 panels parallel
in J box on roof w/no fuse, or diode. 3 pos </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">power
leads go down to SQ D fused Disconnect (3, 10A FLNR fuses). </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">After
opening PV disconnect at array site, and measuring Voc on each input
terminal (@ 75Voc each) I measured Isc . I got 3.9 on West, 1.9 in middle, and
3.9 on east. After I had finished w/this measure, I Heard a loud pop, and when
we inspected array found 1 panel w/cracked glass and an electrical blow out on
underneath on back sheet of module. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This
was the East panel, and measuring Isc on all again, got 3.9 West, 1.9 Mid, and
1.9 Isc East. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I
did not wire the array, though I did rewire the j box w.new busses.
Interestingly, each 48 V panel has 2 Pos wires, each measuring 75 Voc .;
i.e. each output circuit (to 10A fuse) has 4 Pos wires coming into it.
Though I did not confirm w/isc test, I imagine that 2 wires were used for Pos
on each 48 V panel. There are also a total of 4 –ve wires for ea panel as
well, all –ve on 1 buss.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All
panels were in direct sun when this blowout event occurred. Also, all
modules had severe darkening of cells.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Care
to comment on this, what happened and why?</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><br clear="all">
<br>
-- <br>
Jason Lombard<br>
Open Hand Solar LLC.<br>
Certified Sustainable Building Adviser<br>
<a href="http://www.openhandsolar.com" target="_blank">www.openhandsolar.com</a><br>
505 795 8646<br>
<br>
"I'd put my money on solar energy… I hope we don't have to wait 'til
oil and coal run out before we tackle that."<br>
<br>
—Thomas Edison</p>
</div>
</div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br>
<br>
List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>
<br>
Options & settings:<br>
<a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br>
<br>
List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br>
<br>
List rules & etiquette:<br>
<a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm" target="_blank">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br>
<br>
Check out participant bios:<br>
<a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br>
<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jason Lombard<br>Open Hand Solar LLC.<br>Certified Sustainable Building Adviser<br><a href="http://www.openhandsolar.com">www.openhandsolar.com</a><br>505 795 8646<br>
<br>"I'd put my money on solar energy… I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that."<br><br>—Thomas Edison<br>