William,
Apparently this fire was started by miswiring a combiner box. Most likely reverse polarity of a string or whole combiner box feeder at the inverter. Details to come. Bill. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:21 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Another PV fire Colleagues: This is starting be more common. Below from our local paper: Rooftop solar panels catch fire at Meridian Winery east of Paso Robles Solar panels on a building at Meridian Winery east of Paso Robles caught fire Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire.The panels were on the roof of the building where red wine is fermented. Firefighters are trying to see if the flames spread to other solar panels, but have to wait for the electricity to be turned off. Meridian Winery is located at 7000 Highway 46 East. The fire was reported at 10:25 a.m. William Miller Please note new e-mail address and domain: William Miller Miller Solar Voice :805-438-5600 email: will...@millersolar.com http://millersolar.com <http://millersolar.com/> License No. C-10-773985
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