Re: [RE-wrenches] Teacher wants a cutaway PV module

2010-02-24 Thread David Katz
I am pretty sure that tempered glass with shatter as soon as you cut into the edge. That is the nature of tempered glass. David David Katz Chief Technical Officer AEE Solar 1155 Redway Drive P.O. Box 339 Redway, CA 95560 Tel (707) 825-1200 Fax (707) 825-1202 dk...@aeesolar.com

Re: [RE-wrenches] Teacher wants a cutaway PV module

2010-02-22 Thread William Dorsett
...@sbcglobal.net See Amory Lovins July 08 on Charlie Rose http://www.charlierose.com/guests/amory-lovins --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Mick Abraham wrote: From: Mick Abraham Subject: [RE-wrenches] Teacher wants a cutaway PV module To: "RE-wrenches" Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 2:42 PM Yo, Wrench

Re: [RE-wrenches] Teacher wants a cutaway PV module

2010-02-22 Thread Windy Dankoff
Mick, If you have a junk module, I'm fairly sure you can cut it up by using a lapidary saw - the wet diamond slow-speed kind that gem and mineral people use. I mean I'm sure you can cut it. Fairly sure it will not go to pieces. I'm not sure there's much to be learned by looking at it, but

[RE-wrenches] Teacher wants a cutaway PV module

2010-02-22 Thread Mick Abraham
Yo, Wrenchies~ Does anyone offer a sample PV module which would allow a cross-section view of the laminate/metal frame? I told my teacher friend that a laminated glass unit could not be sawed in half without totally shattering the glass. I also told him that I would ask around to see if anyone ma