Wrenchers,
Which term do you to describe a single framed unit with either a j-box or two
wire leads on the back, module or panel? Which term do you believe to be
correct and why?
My interpretation is that a single framed unit is a module. Any number of
modules attached to a single detached 'ra
People in and out of the industry misuse the term PV panel all the time. The
NEC is pretty clear that the basic building block for a PV system is a
module, the complete unit. Assemble some of these together & now you have a
panel. (This is less common now that we have 250 watt modules and not 50
wa
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:02:32 -0600
From: david.brear...@solarprofessional.com
To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
Message body
People in and out of the industry misuse the term PV panel all the time. The
NEC
Hey Benn
Although we often hear the term module or panel used interchangeably, NEC
defines it in 690.2 as you wrote. A module is the individual unit, a panel
is a "collection of modules mechanically fastened together, wired, and
designed to provide a field-installable unit." The array is the whol
FYI, gang (and for what it is worth), Home Power magazine settled on the
following long ago, and it seems consistent with other uses:
A panel can be used to refer to something that captures heat energy, but does
not use the photovoltaic effect. (Like SHW panel, but even SHW "collector" is
what
However, the term "panel" does appear in the NEC in the context of Article
690 "Solar Photovoltaic Systems." (You'll have to submit a proposal to the
Code Making Panel to change the name of the Article, Michael.) Panel is
defined a "collection of modules mechanically fastened together, wired and
de
On 2/8/2011 3:40 PM, David Brearley wrote:
However, the term "panel" does appear in the NEC in the context of Article
690 "Solar Photovoltaic Systems." (You'll have to submit a proposal to the
Code Making Panel to change the name of the Article, Michael.) Panel is
defined a "collection of modules
s using the term 'panel'
> to describe a 'module'?
> benn
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> HAVE A SUNNY DAY
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> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:02:32 -0600
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To: Wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
Wrenchers,
Which term do you to describe a single framed unit with either a j-box or
two wire leads on the back, module or panel?
Which term do you believe to be correct and why?
My interpretation is that a single framed unit is a module.
l (not module).
Joel Davidson
- Original Message -
From: benn kilburn
To: Wrenches
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:49 PM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
Wrenchers,
Which term do you to describe a single framed unit with either a j-box or two
wire leads on the back, module
esday, February 08, 2011 7:16 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
It tells me their marketing people have never read the NEC-no big
surprise there-and maybe they are new to the PV industry.
But the term PV panel is also used so ubiquitously in place of the term
PV module
t: Re: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
Cells? Modules? Bell Labs use to call them solar batteries. Call them what
you will, but please buy and use them.
Nomenclature from micro to macro: Cell > Module > Panel > Sub-array > Array >
Power Field.
From Solar Photovoltaic App
Joel Davidson
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From: Bill Loesch
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
Hi Joel,
Interesting applications.
I'm not trying to be pedantic but (in the '93 application) did you mean the
module
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Joel Davidson
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From: <mailto:solar1onl...@charter.net>Bill Loesch
To: <mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>RE-wrenches
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] module / panel
Hi Joel,
Interesting a
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