<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV id=yiv1767441176>I may be very wrong here and I don’t mean to impugn anyone’s integrity, but don’t forget that in this era of digital animation movies you can’t always believe what you see in a photo either. (I'm sure no one here has ever Photoshop<SPAN class=234584400-12022009><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>p</FONT></SPAN>ed a photo to make it more presentable looking.) I couldn't help but notice that the bottom right corner of the photo was surprisingly blurry and indistinct. It is difficult to distinguish one thing from the next, when just a few feet away but out of the range of detail in the photo, things seemed to be much clearer. I’ve never seen a photo look like that in reality. It’s as if the roof and array have mysteriously melted together. Also,
I have never seen <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1234404703_0>tempered glass</SPAN> melt in a low temperature fire.<SPAN> </SPAN>If it were a high temperature fire the roof would not have survived. I think that a great deal of caution is warranted especially considering the lack of detail that the poster is giving about the panels, location, installer/supplier, existence of another array etc.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 2/11/09, Allan Sindelar <I><allan@positiveenergysolar.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Allan Sindelar <allan@positiveenergysolar.com><BR>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel Fire<BR>To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><BR>Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 12:57 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=203324320-11022009>One detail I haven't heard mentioned yet and am curious about - the photo of the fire damage appears to show the corner of another west(?)-facing array. I find it curious that the system owner described a 2 kW system made up of eight 250W(!) modules, which are clearly visible in the topmost system photo.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=203324320-11022009>There's just a whole lot that doesn't jive in this whole story. Scary to me.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=203324320-11022009>Allan at <STRONG>+</STRONG> NRG</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill Brooks<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">After looking more closely at the pictures, it appears that they may not be glass-covered modules. Given the poor manufacturing practices, this was a fire waiting to happen the moment they turned it on.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'"> </SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">The amazing thing is that the installer is going to reinstall the module—and burn the house down this time. Notice the fire made it through the roofing in the middle.</SPAN>
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