Re: [RE-wrenches] Grundfos

2010-11-11 Thread Allan Sindelar
Wrenches, I had a very interesting phone conversation a couple of days ago with the southwest regional sales manager for Grundfos. I had called with a troubleshooting question that he addressed competently. But then he told me that a couple of years ago Grundfos decided

Re: [RE-wrenches] Another PV fire

2010-11-11 Thread Nick Soleil
Was that fire isolated to the array, or did it spread to the building too? I have seen so many j-boxes were a connection has come loose, then arcs. This is particularly true of systems with wirenuts. If enough sunlight is present, and the wires begin to arc, then the arc could travel ou

Re: [RE-wrenches] Another PV fire

2010-11-11 Thread Bill Brooks
William, Apparently this fire was started by miswiring a combiner box. Most likely reverse polarity of a string or whole combiner box feeder at the inverter. Details to come. Bill. From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On B

[RE-wrenches] Another PV fire

2010-11-11 Thread William Miller
Colleagues: This is starting be more common. Below from our local paper: Rooftop solar panels catch fire at Meridian Winery east of Paso Robles Solar panels on a building at Meridian Winery east of Paso Robles caught fire Wednesday morning, according to Cal Fire.The panels were on the roof