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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640384817-15052009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Are to costs to repair this kind of damage generally
covered by the owners home insurance policy?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640384817-15052009></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Frye</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Kirk
Herander, VSE<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 15, 2009 10:20 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'RE-wrenches'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [RE-wrenches] squirrel
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I just had to rewire an array
because of squirrel damage. They chewed the insulation off of the use-2 on
almost every panel within 2 inches of the j-box. This was discovered because the
inverter GFI kept intermittently tripping, so one of the uninsulated positive
leads must have shorted to the grounded array frame, verified by measurements
and arcing. At least the GFI did its job…... We found a massive nest
underneath the array. And I just got another call from a customer with the same
issue, although we don’t know yet if damage has happened. Both these arrays are
mounted on Unirac Solarmount, parallel to and stood off from the roof about 6
inches. I’m thinking of skirting the perimeter of the array with a metal mesh of
some sort. Any other ideas? Thanks. Most likely they will come back if I do
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