Bill
My customer alarm just went off. This potential client is putting in a comm
site at 7000’ and is concerned about the *cost* of an inverter? I can
understand the desire for reliability, and so going for direct DC. But given
the logistics and engineering of a high altitude remote site I’d be
s@lists.re-wrenches.org;Cc: Subject:[RE-wrenches] Vertical PVs for
Comm site
Sierra wrenches,
My 30 years of installation has never included comm sites
on mountain tops but I took the job.
I am proposing mounting PVs vertically towards the top of the south wall
of a 2 story block buildin
Has any one tried insulating the back side of the solar module? I know
normally that would be a really bad idea, but if the system was over
designed in the summer, and flat on the wall, you could get away with
it. That dark surface under the glass with 2" of foam board backing
would probably g
Bill,
I’ve installed dozens of mountain top systems starting just North of you, and
spreading from the coast to the Nevada border and up into Central Oregon. Fire
lookouts, Repeaters, Cell towers, ect…. Cascade and Coastal Cement. I count on
arrays at 60 degrees getting entombed in snow and ice
>
> However, even if vertical, will Sierra snow (its a special breed) still
> wind-pack on, stay for weeks, days, not at all? This site is on the
> Pacific crest at 7,000 ft.
>
Yes, the "Sierra cement" is not the same as the "cold smoke" snow we get in
my part of the country but I see that snow t
renches@lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Vertical PVs for Comm site
Sierra wrenches,
My 30 years of installation has never included comm sites on
mountain tops but I took the job.
I am proposing mounting PVs vertically towards the top of the south wall of a 2
story
Sierra wrenches,
My 30 years of installation has never included comm sites
on mountain tops but I took the job.
I am proposing mounting PVs vertically towards the top of the south wall
of a 2 story block building to avoid snow build-up. I assume a
pole-mount would be next in
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