Hi Bill and Benn, Those micros are rated nema 6, which is submersible rated.
I”m curious which element/s they are referring to? jay peltz power > On Aug 28, 2016, at 6:35 PM, frenergy <frene...@psln.com> wrote: > > Benn, > > Just curious, if they are on a north facing wall at your latitude > (Edmonton?) they shouldn't ever see any sun or just the tiniest bit. > Considering the normal location of micros it seems some wind and rain should > be expected whether under a module or under a north facing eave. Enlighten > me. > > Bill > > Feather River Solar Electric > Bill Battagin, Owner > 4291 Nelson St. > Taylorsville, CA 95983 > 530.284.7849 > CA Lic 874049 > www.frenergy.net <http://www.frenergy.net/> > On 8/28/2016 5:23 PM, Benn Kilburn wrote: >> We are working on a service call for an enphase system (installed by others) >> where the 9 inverters are located, exposed to the elements, on rack on a >> north facing wall (rooftop equipment enclosure). The modules are installed >> about 75' away as decorative(?) awnings for a downtown penthouse suite. >> So far about 3 of the enphase inverters (M215's I believe, would have to >> double check) have failed and have been replaced and I recently was on the >> service call where enphase determined that 4 more would need to be replaced >> as well. >> Enphase is claiming that the inverters are failing because they are exposed >> to the elements. >> We are in the process of designing a cover for them that would provide at >> least as much protection as a module would. >> >> Benn Kilburn >> SkyFire Energy Inc. >> 780-906-7807 >> >> On Aug 26, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Peter Giroux <pgir...@mindspring.com >> <mailto:pgir...@mindspring.com>> wrote: >> >>> Andrew >>> >>> We had some problems last year with some of the fronius primos leaking in >>> rain / wind conditions. Customer had a local shop tig weld an aluminum >>> shell / box that went around the unit. Had a shelf at the top that stuck >>> out like the brim of a hat. Worked great. We had also looked for something >>> and this custom made box was reasonably priced, looked great and solved the >>> leaking issue. If you want pictures let me know. >>> >>> Peter Giroux >>> American Solar >>> Roswell Ga >>> 678-525-0468 >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <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 > <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> >
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