Wrenches We have modules next to a driving range at a golf course and we find golf balls around the arrays regularly and do find broken modules from time to time Jerry On Oct 9, 2015 4:52 AM, "Jason Szumlanski" < ja...@floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote:
> Not to hijack the thread, but the timing is perfect for another related > question I had. A client approached me about putting solar panels on a golf > course maintenance building. The pitch is 2 in 12 and the location is > supposedly not in the typical direction/are where golf balls are likely to > be hit (most likely because I don't have a membership there). The question > will naturally come up about golf ball strikes. We have several systems > along fairways on residences and have not had any reported issues. Does > anyone else have systems in the cross-hairs of errant golf balls? If so, > any feedback on resistance to strikes? > > Jason Szumlanski > Florida Solar Design Group > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Allan Sindelar <al...@sindelarsolar.com> > wrote: > >> Wrenches, >> From time to time I see posts about hail damage. The message below was >> sent internally among Positive Energy's three offices, and I thought worth >> sharing here. >> Allan, Sindelar Solar >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Big hailstorm in LC Date: Tue, >> 6 Oct 2015 08:04:14 -0600 >> Hi all, >> We had a big hail storm in Las Cruces on Saturday. Because so many >> potential clients ask about how solar panels hold up to hail, I thought >> that I would share a bit of what we found. >> >> The hail that was falling was about golf ball sized. I have seen a >> picture of a hailstone next to a tape measure that was about an inch and a >> half in diameter. On the install that we started yesterday, all of the >> customer's skylights (about 6) were busted out; not just cracked, but with >> big holes punched through them. Several of our clients called to tell us >> that their skylights were destroyed, but their solar panels were >> undamaged. We went up onto roofs for four of our clients that are out of >> town and found no damage to the PV arrays. >> >> We have only one report of a damaged panel, which you can see in the >> attached photos. This was a unique installation, because the modules are >> mounted flat on a nominally flat roof, so they have about two degrees of >> pitch. That means that the hailstones hit almost perpendicular, so with >> more force. Even at this installation, only one 1 out of 15 modules was >> damaged. This is a Suntech module. >> >> All in all, our modules fared well. To my knowledge, this is only the >> second time that a module installed by Positive Energy has been damaged by >> hail. The first time was in Taos a few years ago. >> Cheers, >> Westbrock >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:19 PM >> Subject: Broken Panel >> >> Here is what the panel looks like! It is just like safety glass, the >> entire panel is shattered. >> Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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