As other Wrenches have noted, there are UV paints available as well as UV rated insulation itself:
http://www.armacell.us/products/armaflexwbfinish/ http://www.armacell.us/products/utsolaflex/ The problem with both of these solutions is that few folks keep up with the required maintenance over the life of the system. I've inspected many systems where the insulation is falling apart. Critters will chew the insulation and use it for nest material, even with UV paint. August On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Dana <d...@solarwork.com> wrote: > As we build our latest off grid home we are living in a Yurt. The exterior > roof is a vinyl product. > A neighbor complained to the county about our white roof this summer & we > offered to paint it to be neighborly. > The manufacturer had us use a latex/acrylic paint on the roof. It has > worked well. I assume that there are definitely paints that would work on > the various pipe insulations at a much lower cost than aluminum coverings. > All it took was a call to the manufacturer. > > I wonder now that snow has started if our neighbor will want the roof > white again.... > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. > 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com > Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 > NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.biz > "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On > Behalf Of cwarfel > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 4:52 AM > To: solar1onl...@charter.net; 'RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org' < > RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor rated insulation covering for Solar > Water Heating Systems > > I thinkthis problem is really only "solved" by using the coverings > suggested, especially it seems, aluminum jacketing. I will be going off > island in a week and I will have the chance to go to a store that sells > these products. I am hoping to put this system into HomePower, so, this > will be part of the article. Thanks for everyone's responses. I hopefully > responded to everyone off line. Stay tuned. Chris > > > On 11/6/2017 4:57 PM, solar1onl...@charter.net wrote: > > Hi Chris, Your question certainly generated a number of responses. > > While the field applied covering I mentioned certainly peeled off and > > had the consistency of latex paint, I did _not_ perform an analysis. > > There is outdoor latex paint which should have UV inhibitors, so > > perhaps it really was latex. The original owner is gone, so no help > > there but a paint manufacturer may be able to verify latex paint as an > > inexpensive _and effective_ covering solution. What made this solution > > stand out in my mind so well was the flex roof flashings, which when > > unprotected become brittle (and useless) oftentimes before the ten > > year mark. This painted flashing was just as flexible as a new unit > > and as you are well aware, replacing a solar flashing is way more > > involved than a plumbing flashing. I am aware of many manufacturers > > that rebrand/repackage a common item as a solution for a very specific > > problem and charge an outlandish premium for the common item in a > > shiny package (sometimes not even a shiny package). Bill > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > From: "cwarfel" > > To: > > Cc: > > Sent: 06-Nov-2017 13:01:11 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor rated insulation covering for Solar > > Water Heating Systems > > > > Hi Bill, thanks. I did not think latex would hold up anywhere near > > that long. Chris > > > > > > On 11/4/2017 9:13 AM, solar1onl...@charter.net wrote: > > > > Chris, > > > > The fitted covers certainly provide a more finished appearance. One > of > > my customers painted the insulation (w/o fitted covers) with latex > > paint and after 30+ years the insulation was still quite flexible. My > > take away was simply that eliminating the sun (UV) effects paid off > > big time. As I remember they used white paint. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Bill Loesch > > Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar > > 314 631 1094 > > > > -----------------------------------------From: "Glenn Burt" > > To: "RE-wrenches" > > Cc: > > Sent: 04-Nov-2017 00:21:14 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor rated insulation covering for > Solar > > Water Heating Systems > > > > How about the white PVC jacketing? You can buy fitted elbow covers > > and other fitted parts as well. Probably paintable in any color to > > blend into location. > > > > List-Archive: > > List-Archive: > > _______________________________________________ > > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > > > List Address:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > > > Change listserver email address & settings: > > > > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > > > > > List-Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches > > .org/maillist.html > > > > List rules & etiquette: > > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > > > Check out or update participant bios: > > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > > > > > -- > > Christopher Warfel, PE > > Entech Engineering, Inc. > > 401-466-8978 > > -- > Christopher Warfel, PE > Entech Engineering, Inc. > 401-466-8978 > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
