Kirk:
Have you ever had squirrels chew through non-metallic liquid tight flex?
Thanks,
William Miller
At 10:19 AM 5/15/2009, you wrote:
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
dont 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.
Im 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 nothing.
Kirk Herander
Vermont Solar Engineering
802.863.1202
NABCEP(tm) Certified Solar Installer
NYSERDA-eligible Installer
VT Solar Incentive Program Partner
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William Miller
Miller Solar
Voice :805-438-5600 Fax: 805-438-4607
email: will...@millersolar.com
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