Howie, I did not comment on the first e-mail because you asked for those with experience with pv shingles to comment. I don't have the experience, but I've been around long enough to know of several west coast installers that tried the technology. The word, back several years ago, was the pv shingles were not ready for prime time. I remember disparaging remarks about a shingle that was 17w. So, 17w and two wires. Lots of connections to make for an array, also these connections are obviously in a difficult spot to service if need be.
I would think that this problem has not been solved since we do not have manufacturers pushing pv shingles on us. David Palumbo, President Independent Power LLC 462 Solar Way Drive Hyde Park, VT 05655 NABCEP Certified PV Installer www.independentpowerllc.com <http://www.independentpowerllc.com/> 802-888-7194 -----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]on Behalf Of Howie Michaelson Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:07 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] PV shingles again Hi All, I take it that since their were no bites on my earlier query about the use of PV shingles, that either no one uses them or you want to keep this fabulous technology a secret... Thanks, Howie -- Howie Michaelson NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ Sun Catcher, LLC Renewable Energy Systems Sales and Service VT Solar & Wind Incentive Program Partner http://www.SunCatcherVT.com (cell) 802-272-0004 (home) 802-439-6096 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
