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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We’ve used the Snap N Rack squirrel guard with good success on a bunch of installs. They’ve changed it recently to a thicker mesh and you don’t have to use pop rivets so
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<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>Chris Mason<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 15, 2013 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Squirrel/leaf guard for solar array<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SnapNRack makes a wire mesh roof guard, probably works on any installation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:28 AM, David Brearley <<a href="mailto:david.brearley@solarprofessional.com" target="_blank">david.brearley@solarprofessional.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out the sidebar by Stephen Kane in this article for info on a couple "squirrel guard" product suppliers:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I do think that the same system can serve both purposes. Once the screen is in place it should be self-evident when the debris builds up and needs to be cleaned. When it's under the array, it's out of sight, out of mind and potentially
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, David<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Feb 15, 2013, at 9:20 AM, Carl Adams wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I serviced an array yesterday which had accumulated a large amount of leaves under the modules. No evidence of squirrels at this point, but I know there has been discussion of protective fencing around arrays to prevent squirrels moving
in and I wonder if the same system might keep the leaf debri from building up under the array. Do any of you have suggestions for materials and methods to do this. A link to photos of installed projects would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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