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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nick, that is a huge amount of difference. Like you, I would suspect the lack of antireflective coating. Please let us in on any Solar World response.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bill Dorsett<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SunwrightS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Manhattan, KS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nik Ponzio<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 22, 2011 3:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] SolarWorld Poly<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Esteemed Wrenches,<br><br>I have been using a lot of SolarWorld mono-crystalline modules this year and I am quite happy with the product. This week we installed our first SolarWorld poly-crystalline array. I was surprised at how different the two modules are. The glass on the poly module is highly reflective. I went so far as to call my distributor to make sure I hadn't gotten a bad batch that missed the anti-reflective coating step. That's what it seems like! <br><br>The other significant difference is the frame style used. The Poly are only compatible with top-down clamping. I was aware of this from the datasheets but I had no idea that the glass would be so different. <br><br>Take a look at some side-by-side photos here: <br><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/109634809794570027207/SolarWorldMonoVsPoly?authkey=Gv1sRgCMuLy4v_ivTUAg&feat=directlink">https://picasaweb.google.com/109634809794570027207/SolarWorldMonoVsPoly?authkey=Gv1sRgCMuLy4v_ivTUAg&feat=directlink</a><br><br>Just a heads-up to anyone considering getting into SolarWorld. <br><br>Happy Summer!<br>Nik<br><br clear=all>--<br>Nicholas Ponzio<br>Building Energy<br>1570 South Brownell Road<br>Williston, VT 05495<br><a href="http://www.BuildingEnergyVT.com" target="_blank">http://www.BuildingEnergyVT.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>