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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wrenches,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Allan Sindelar's 2003 RE-Wrenches lightning
discussion compilation was a keeper. Email me off-list for a copy. (Thank
you Allan).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Joel Davidson</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=august@luminalt.com href="mailto:august@luminalt.com">August
Goers</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Delta
LAs</DIV>
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<DIV>Jay - </DIV>
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<DIV>I can see that point, but does that really effect insurance payout? It
seems like one could argue that a properly installed system with proper
grounding inspected by a building official has a lot more clout than and
little grey cylinder next to the inverter or disconnect.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please all wrenches, correct me if I'm wrong but I can't remember a
single time when there was a post about an actual lightning strike and a
lightning arrestor actually doing its job - meaning that an arrestor took a
hit and protected the array and or inverter. I've heard plenty of
stories about blown lightning arrestors and good equipment but no one seems to
know what caused the situation. It might be that lightning is hard to track
and I agree with that. And lightning might have been the cause. It would
be great to track lightning-fried installations to see what happened and what
could be fixed. If lightning arrestors are the solution then by all means we
should install them. Most of the time I think that proper grounding is the
solution although I wish that field experience would prove the point. </DIV>
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<DIV>What do you think?</DIV>
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<DIV>-A<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:28 PM, jay peltz <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jay@asis.com"
target=_blank>jay@asis.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>I also live in a area without much lightning, however I
install one in most systems for the simple reason of insurance.<BR>If there
is lightning damage, the insurance company can't use that as a way to not
pay any claims.<BR>ie cheap insurance.<BR><BR>jay<BR><BR>peltz power<BR>
<DIV>On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:39 AM, August Goers wrote:<BR><BR>> All
-<BR>><BR>> I guess my thought is a little off topic, but are
lightning arrestors even worth using at all? My logic has always been that
if lightning does indeed strike that it's likely going to blow the arrestor
and and inverter. We don't have much of a lightning issue issue in the Bay
Area so I don't have any direct experience.<BR>><BR>>
Best,<BR>><BR>> August<BR>><BR><BR></DIV>
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