Jeff just last November I installed ~3 kW of Isofoton 150/24s that had been on a pallet in the back of the shop for several years. After asking around I found that other Texas installers had only put up a few arrays before the Spanish based company pulled out of the US market altogether. SolarBuzz doesn't even list them, at least under that name. Being a standard 62"x31" with 125mm cells should not be difficult to duplicate in appearance. But I suspect that you're out of luck finding more of the Isofoton brand. They promote the microstructured glass design, an idea I was skeptical about at first. However the low-light improvement they claim for the fine textured glass fronts seems to be real. Overcast days production seems noticeably higher than I'd expected. I'm just glad that we still have 2 new spares.
Jim Duncan NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer No.31310-57 TECL 2872 North Texas Renewable Energy 486 W.N. Woody Road Azle Texas 76020 Since 1993 nt...@1scom.net 817.917.0527 www.ntrei.com -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]on Behalf Of Jeff Yago Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 5:27 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Isofoton modules We did a 6 kW system 6 years ago using 160 watt, 160 watt modules, and the client recently called back and asked us to add another 4 kW. We no longer install this brand of module and have lost track who in US supplies them. We found them to be well made and look great, but we just started using other brands and slowly moved in other directions. Their web page indicates they have or are building a plant in US, so I assume they are still around, but do not know who is stocking these. We need the 160 watt size to best match the modules already installed, but looks like they have re-worked these to now be 24 volt modules and our original ones were 12 volt (17 Voc), but we can work around that. Any idea? Thanks, Jeff Yago _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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