Re: [RE-wrenches] Off-grid French fried

2020-07-29 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Many of these fires in the last 5 years! In fact more in the last 5 than 20 years before. I would not claim this on insurance if you want to keep it. We are in a spell now of losing insurance and self insuring in the west. By self insuring, I mean hardening to avoid this ever happening from w

[RE-wrenches] Corrosion resistant racks?

2020-07-29 Thread William Dorsett
NOAA has it that “In 2010, 123.3 million people, or 39 percent of the nation's population lived in counties directly on the shoreline. This population is expected to increase by 8% from 2010 to 2020.” And at least REC is partnering for floating marine arrays. They’ve certified their panels to be

Re: [RE-wrenches] Corrosion resistant racks?

2020-07-29 Thread William Miller
Bill: There is a case study on our web site; MillerSolar.com. Hope it has useful information. William Miller www.millersolar.com > On Jul 29, 2020, at 10:31 AM, William Dorsett wrote: > >  > NOAA has it that “In 2010, 123.3 million people, or 39 percent of the > nation's population lived i

[RE-wrenches] SolarBridge microinverter troubleshooting and path ahead for stranded customers

2020-07-29 Thread scot.arey
Good day, We used to install SolarBridge microinverters when we first started. You know the deal."we've improved what Enphase started".and they were great - up until Sunpower bought it to meet market demand for an AC-module, then a reemergent Enphase bought it from a cash-strapped Sunpower, and

Re: [RE-wrenches] SolarBridge microinverter troubleshooting and path ahead for stranded customers

2020-07-29 Thread Dave Tedeyan
Scott, The best way to find a faulty MI (at least one that is not working at all) would be to scan the array with an IR camera. When done properly, the not working module will pop right out because it is warmer than the rest. Flir One makes a pretty cheap attachment for a smartphone. I haven't used