Wrenches, I live in northern MN where Silicon Energy is building a new manufacturing plant. I also teach at the local community college. I have met with silicon energy and have seen the tests. Great module. Looks nice installed too. Mounting options are limited but the glass on glass is a really good idea.
Jesse Sent from my iPhone On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Eric Thomas <solarepiph...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a great report that goes over advanced life cycle > testing of modules and their reasons for failure. > http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/47755.pdf . It is a recent study and there > is some good info regarding encapsulents. I can tell you that the high ranker > on the results chart is the Silicon Energy Cascade module. With its glass on > glass encapsulent and integrated wireway, its the most robust module I've > ever seen. We installed the largest WA residential system utilizing these > modules in Dec of last year. They are nice to work with...not without their > challenges of course, but as far as warranty..I think they will last the test > of time. > > Eric Thomas > Solar Epiphany > (206)919-3014 > www.solarepiphany.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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