At the very least, it shows a good reason to not use any of those off-brand
(or no brand) cheap unlisted panels that have been floating around lately.
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Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Drake Chamberlin" <drake.chamber...@redwoodalliance.org>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Panel Fire
The last post on your discussion forum, from the person identified as BB,
looks the most likely. The modules were large (250 W), corner mounted,
with plastic (instead of glass) "glazing." The panels were able to flex
under wind load, and damage the internal conductors. It looks to me from
the before photo, that the modules are already bowed a bit. That could be
an optical illusion.
That the "glazing" was plastic is evidenced by the fact that it burned up.
If the material was glass, it would not have disintegrated the way it did.
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