<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have installed a lot of BP 380 and BP 485 panels that I think have the same frames. But it's all on a what you can find basis now since they have given up on the retail market, I am told.<div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Hugh (with a nice array of 275s still doing good work on my old house)</div><div><br><div><div>On 13 Apr 2012, at 23:17, Allan Sindelar wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Wrenches,<br>
We installed many systems using BP modules back in the late 1990s.
The standard building block of the time was the BP 275, the
single-crystal 12V 36-cell module of that time. The frame size was
21.1" by 47.6", I think.<br>
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What modern panels have compatible specifications and dimensions? We
will occasionally have need to either replace one or to fill out
partially-filled rack from that era. The current need is to increase
an array of two BP75s on a LPRGM rack with capacity for six.<br>
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Ameresco has the license to reproduce some of the BP module line now
that BP has discontinued production, but this module is not one of
those available and the nearest match is quite pricey. Before
ordering it I'd like to know if another substitute is available.<br>
Thank you,<br>
Allan<br>
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