Hi Kirk, Yes, I have see (photos available on request) a BP panel where the junction box got so hot that it shattered the whole panel and the one of the leads to the panel burned off. This was on a comp roof which probably saved the house, but this is conjecture as I did not see this as it happened BP did replace this panel and five others that were bad or low performers with similar equivalent panels.
David On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Kirk Herander wrote: > Hello, > > You may recall my mention of a 45kw BP solar array, of 2006 vintage, which > has multiple failures due to j-box connection overheating. Some of the burn > marks(and cracked glass) are impressive. I’m wondering if this issue is a > legit fire hazard. Has anyone evidenced a roof or j-box firing up as a result > of this defect? > > Kirk Herander > VT Solar, LLC > dba Vermont Solar Engineering > NABCEPTM Certified Inaugural Certificant > NYSERDA-eligible Installer > VT RE Incentive Program Partner > 802.863.1202 > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & 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 > David Coale da...@evcl.com
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