Wrenches You fix what is bad and see where it goes, test the system components and see what happens, The Outbacks do get hot just in operation. I see the radians up to 140 degrees + while selling. Oh and by the way expect to pay more to get everything replaced Jerry
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 8:23 PM frenergy <frene...@psln.com> wrote: > > Hey Folks, > Here in the Boonies of NE California one of my customers just had a fire > (the Hog Fire) go through his property. It spared his house but roasted > the power shed. I'll try to summarize: 2003 Outback FP2 (AC enclosure, > 2 FXs,DC enclosure with related equipment), Classic 150 and 24V HUP > Solar1 battery. Roasted meaning the outside siding is ashes, the roof > burned down to the charred rafters and some remaining drywall, the > drywall that the FP2 was mounted to is all there. The batteries are in > an insulated plywood box all of which is 90% OK...Hydrocaps not melted, > cables look fine, battery tops appear unaffected and took a charge from > the GennyDeeCee. Water was being applied to the outside of this > structure during the event to reduce the damage and heat. > > Removing both AC and DC enclosure covers and the FX valve > covers revealed nothing melted or even warped, if it wasn't a little > darkened inside from smoke, you might not know what had happened, the > lexan covers on the inverter's AC output landings are in perfect > condition. The HUB and Classic, were closest to the greatest heat and > we're considering them cooked. > > Any experience with this before and what was discovered > when firing the system back up? Yes, naturally it's easy to say it > should all be tossed and customer has to come up with $13,000+? for new > equipment. However this conclusion becomes more difficult in the face > of not being covered by insurance, but we're listening to all comments. > > Thanks, > > Bill > > > Feather River Solar Electric > Bill Battagin, Owner > 4291 Nelson St. > Taylorsville, CA 95983 > 530.284.7849 > CA Lic 874049 > www.frenergy.net > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > 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://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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