Benn,
Just curious, if they are on a north facing wall at your
latitude (Edmonton?) they shouldn't ever see any sun or just the tiniest
bit. Considering the normal location of micros it seems some wind and
rain should be expected whether under a module or under a north facing
eave. Enlighten me.
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net
On 8/28/2016 5:23 PM, Benn Kilburn wrote:
We are working on a service call for an enphase system (installed by
others) where the 9 inverters are located, exposed to the elements, on
rack on a north facing wall (rooftop equipment enclosure). The modules
are installed about 75' away as decorative(?) awnings for a downtown
penthouse suite.
So far about 3 of the enphase inverters (M215's I believe, would have
to double check) have failed and have been replaced and I recently was
on the service call where enphase determined that 4 more would need to
be replaced as well.
Enphase is claiming that the inverters are failing because they are
exposed to the elements.
We are in the process of designing a cover for them that would provide
at least as much protection as a module would.
Benn Kilburn
SkyFire Energy Inc.
780-906-7807
On Aug 26, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Peter Giroux <pgir...@mindspring.com
<mailto:pgir...@mindspring.com>> wrote:
Andrew
We had some problems last year with some of the fronius primos
leaking in rain / wind conditions. Customer had a local shop tig weld
an aluminum shell / box that went around the unit. Had a shelf at the
top that stuck out like the brim of a hat. Worked great. We had also
looked for something and this custom made box was reasonably priced,
looked great and solved the leaking issue. If you want pictures let
me know.
Peter Giroux
American Solar
Roswell Ga
678-525-0468
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