<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">They were very durable. A few years ago an RV customer had a US64 propped up on the back bumper. They forgot about it and backed up the motorhome to reposition, driving all 30,000 pounds over the module. Flattened and covered with deep rock dents and a puncture, it still works well.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:26 PM, Ray Walters wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
My mistake, I just found a spec sheet on the Unisolar 64, and it
specifically advertises "No glass" and "unbreakable". I worked on
systems with them before, but never sold them, so I assumed the
textured top surface was tempered glass all these years. <br>
Many pardons,<br>
<br>
Ray<br>
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On 7/27/2011 9:21 PM, Carl Emerson wrote:
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">Hi Guys,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><span style="font-size:
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">The discontinued
Unisolar US64 did <u>not</u>
have any glass on the face.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">A great product, a
shame they stopped
manufacture.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-NZ">Carl
Emerson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-NZ">Free
Power Co.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-NZ">Web
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.freepower.co.nz/">www.freepower.co.nz</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="3"><span style="font-size:
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<br>
Regular modules are designed to take quite an impact. I
recall one manufacturer
that fired 1" ice balls with an air cannon at their
modules, and then let
visitors throw baseballs at them. It seems the foul balls
would be at a lower
velocity than a person could throw, but I don't know.<br>
Also the Unisolar 64 module has a glass face, so I just
don't know of a framed
module without glass.<br>
Possibly you could add a sheet of Lexan (polycarbonate,
very tough and
transparent) over the top of the array. I would think the
losses would be less
than 10%.<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.modernplastics.com/lexan.html">http://www.modernplastics.com/lexan.html</a><br>
Home Depot sells a corrugated polycarbonate clear roofing
panel that could
possibly be attached over the top of the module. <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100049922/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053">http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100049922/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053</a><br>
I've run over it, stomped it, dropped tools on it, it pops
right out, no
cracking.<br>
<br>
Ray<br>
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On 7/26/2011 10:58 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->I’m looking to install a 10-20 kW system on a roof
that’s
going to be getting falling foul balls from a nearby
baseball field.<o:p></o:p></span></font><u5:p></u5:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u5:p><font face="Calibri" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u5:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The roof is not appropriate for
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