Re: [RE-wrenches] fuel canopy and PV

2008-11-01 Thread Joel Davidson
Use explosion-proof electrical boxes and connectors. Standard items at gasoline stations. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Phil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wrenches, > > Anyone out there have experience installing PV on a fuel station > canopy? > I'm interested to know what special

Re: [RE-wrenches] fuel canopy and PV

2008-11-01 Thread Geoff Greenfield
home power had some pics in an article I think. Definatly recall swing a conventional cannopy and the "store" flat roof of a gas station retrofitted. A ppa project developer at last years sp trade show had pics in his booth. Sorry I don't recall his name. Bp did 30 really nice cannopy arrays

Re: [RE-wrenches] fuel canopy and PV

2008-11-01 Thread Kirpal Khalsa
Phil- Vince McClelan of Energy Design Co in Eugene OR installed a canopy over a fueling station in Eugene.It was a roughly 30kW project and looks beautiful...you may contact those folks for more info. Sequential Biofuels is the name of the gas stationThey sell biodiesel, ethonal and

Re: [RE-wrenches] fuel canopy and PV

2008-10-31 Thread Jason Lombard
You may want to look through the 2008 NEC articles 500 to 516. I have visualy seen one system by a propane tank, ground mount and it was well shielded between them. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Phil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wrenches, > > Anyone out there have experience installi

[RE-wrenches] fuel canopy and PV

2008-10-31 Thread Phil Schneider
Wrenches, Anyone out there have experience installing PV on a fuel station canopy? I'm interested to know what special considerations there are for managing the DC electricity and potentially flammable location. Thanks... P. Phil Schneider Creative Energies __