<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Wrenches,</div><div><br></div><div>I live in northern MN where Silicon Energy is building a new manufacturing plant. I also teach at the local community college. I have met with silicon energy and have seen the tests. Great module. Looks nice installed too. Mounting options are limited but the glass on glass is a really good idea. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jesse<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Eric Thomas <<a href="mailto:solarepiphany@gmail.com">solarepiphany@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>Here is a great report that goes over advanced life cycle<br>
testing of modules and their reasons for failure.<br>
<a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/47755.pdf"><a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/47755.pdf">http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/47755.pdf</a></a> . It is a recent study and there is some good info regarding encapsulents. I can tell you that the high ranker on the results chart is the Silicon Energy Cascade module. With its glass on glass encapsulent and integrated wireway, its the most robust module I've ever seen. We installed the largest WA residential system utilizing these modules in Dec of last year. They are nice to work with...not without their challenges of course, but as far as warranty..I think they will last the test of time. </p>
<p>Eric Thomas<br>
Solar Epiphany<br>
(206)919-3014<br>
<a href="http://www.solarepiphany.com"><a href="http://www.solarepiphany.com">www.solarepiphany.com</a></a></p>
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