How about modifying one of those electric cow fences?
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From: Mark Frye <ma...@berkeleysolar.com>
To: k...@vtsolar.com; RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 7:49:37 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] squirrel problems
Are to costs to repair this kind of damage generally
covered by the owners home insurance policy?
Mark Frye
Berkeley Solar Electric Systems
303 Redbud Way
Nevada City, CA
95959
(530)
401-8024
www.berkeleysolar.com
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From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Kirk
Herander, VSE
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 10:20 AM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: [RE-wrenches] squirrel
problems
I just had to rewire an array
because of squirrel damage. They chewed the insulation off of the use-2 on
almost every panel within 2 inches of the j-box. This was discovered because
the
inverter GFI kept intermittently tripping, so one of the uninsulated positive
leads must have shorted to the grounded array frame, verified by measurements
and arcing. At least the GFI did its job…... We found a massive nest
underneath the array. And I just got another call from a customer with the same
issue, although we don’t know yet if damage has happened. Both these arrays are
mounted on Unirac Solarmount, parallel to and stood off from the roof about 6
inches. I’m thinking of skirting the perimeter of the array with a metal mesh
of
some sort. Any other ideas? Thanks. Most likely they will come back if I do
nothing.
Kirk
Herander
VermontSolar
Engineering
802.863.1202
NABCEP(tm) Certified Solar
Installer
NYSERDA-eligible
Installer
VT Solar Incentive Program
Partner
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