<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Wayne,<br><br></div>Several years back I had all sixteen SolarWorld modules on a tracker get zapped. The two other trackers adjacent to this one had no damaged modules. The same strike blew out the phone box at the end of the road (some distance away). <br><br>The SolarWorld jboxes were all sealed with no way to get to the diodes. The homeowners insurance covered the loss and I replaced the modules with something similar (SW had since stopped manufacturing 175s). It would have been nice to have had access to the diodes.<br><br><br>-- <br><div><div><div>Matt Sherald<br></div>PIMBY Energy, LLC<br></div><div>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer® </div>304-704-5943<br><br></div><div><a href="http://www.getpimby.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.getpimby.blogspot.com</a><br></div><a href="http://www.getpimby.com" target="_blank">www.getpimby.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Wayne Irwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wayne@pureenergysolar.com" target="_blank">wayne@pureenergysolar.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#000000" size="3">Hello Wrenches,<br><br>Today we visited a 10KW residential ground mounted system where there was a recent lightning strike that fried phones, irrigation system, cable and apparently the array.<br><br>There was no external visible damage but also no voltage at the combiner. We pulled 10-15 module junction box covers off and only saw clear evidence of damage to one diode. There was no Voc on any of the modules.<br>While I recognize that Florida is arguably the lightning capital of N America, I have never seen an entire array fried.<br><br>Has anyone on the list ever seen an entire array fried?<br><br>The modules are Schuco 230's. </font><br><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#000000" size="3"><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#000000" size="3">Obviously not covered by warranty and Schuco has pretty much bailed out of the US market.<br><br></font>Does anyone have experience repairing these modules?<br><br>Any similar experience and/or advice would be appreciated.<br></font><br><br><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">Wayne Irwin</font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">,</font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">President</font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">License #CVC56695 </font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">State Licensed Solar Contractor</font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">Pure Energy Solar International Inc. </font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3"><br></font><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#008A17" size="3">
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