<div dir="ltr">Wrenches,<div><br></div><div style>We just installed our first critter fence on an array that had some squirrels had made a home to. We used the Spiffy Solar fence. My feedback on the product is that it is a reasonable solution. The fencing material itself was of good quality, strong enough but yet easy to cut and bend as needed. The small aluminum fasteners are a bit soft and we straightened out the hook end on a few of these during installation, the could use a better grade of aluminum here. This is an Sharp SRS mountinng system, which was a little more tedious than most other racks we would see in the field. Here is a link to some photos. </div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Will White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:William.White@realgoods.com" target="_blank">William.White@realgoods.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 15, 2013 1:19 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Squirrel/leaf guard for solar array<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">SnapNRack makes a wire mesh roof guard, probably works on any installation.<u></u><u></u></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:<u></u><u></u></p>
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