Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-07-01 Thread Peter Parrish
enches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Joel Davidson Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:06 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down What frame material has that high a coefficient of expansion? - Original Message - From: Nick Vid

Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-07-01 Thread Joel Davidson
I don't understand. All of the flaming and burnt j-box BP modules I had to replace were UL listed. - Original Message - From: Wind-sun.com To: RE-wrenches Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down Old news, and "horri

Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-07-01 Thread Joel Davidson
What frame material has that high a coefficient of expansion? - Original Message - From: Nick Vida To: wrenches Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:45 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down wrenches, the defect in REC panels is the frame expands past the panel and

Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-07-01 Thread Bill Brooks
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Wind-sun.com Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:59 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down Old news, and "horrified" is a bit over the top. Try doing a search for "bp solar panel fires" for

Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-07-01 Thread Wind-sun.com
o: 'RE-wrenches' Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:40 PM Subject: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down Anyone else out there horrified by this kind of news from REC Solar in Norway? WTF?! marco REC to Recall All of Its Solar Panels From 2008 Thursday, 18 J

[RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-06-30 Thread David G Katz
REC Group in Norway has taken the high road in dealing with the junction box problem on modules they made in 2008. The problem is old news. REC discovered that the junction box they were using, which connected to the tabing material coming out of the back of their modules with a compression co

[RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-06-30 Thread Nick Vida
wrenches, the defect in REC panels is the frame expands past the panel and can contract and break the glass. Unfortunate, but no big deal in a lot of ways. I dont know if there is another defect, but that one would warrant a recall instead of replacing a lot of panels. There was also an articl

Re: [RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-06-30 Thread Matt Lafferty
Thanks for posting this, Marco. Somehow I missed this story last week. Funny in an ironic, twisted way. A friend of ours was in town visiting this afternoon. He mentioned that he was considering buying some REC modules out of Norway... Good deal on them, etc. (Can't tell ya the price he mentioned

[RE-wrenches] REC Solar melt-down

2009-06-30 Thread Marco
Anyone else out there horrified by this kind of news from REC Solar in Norway? WTF?! marco REC to Recall All of Its Solar Panels From 2008 Thursday, 18 June 2009 13:43 Greentech Media Renewable Energy Corp will repair or change all of the solar panels it sold in 2008 and a quarter o