[RE-wrenches] General Liability insurance for solar installation

2024-12-05 Thread Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches
I know this question has been covered in the past & My Liability insurance renewal is coming up & I am looking for fresh information, please: Not all insurance companies cover solar & roof top installations. Who do you use for General Liability? Would you recommend them? Issues with coverage i.e.

Re: [RE-wrenches] De-icing panels off grid

2024-12-05 Thread Todd Cory via RE-wrenches
Passive works best. In big snow country here, I learned the hard way to only do pole mounts... and set the angle steep in the winter. The snow slides off and all is fine. Todd On Thursday, December 5, 2024 1:01pm, "Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches" said: [ https://glasscareexperts.com/s

[RE-wrenches] Outback Company status

2024-12-05 Thread Wayne Irwin via RE-wrenches
I just spoke with Chirs in Outback tech support. If you have ever called tech support there's a 90% chance that you spoke with him. He says that they are indeed rebuilding the company under the new ownership. They are way backed up on tech support return calls, have about 5 people in training t

[RE-wrenches] De-icing panels off grid

2024-12-05 Thread Howie Michaelson via RE-wrenches
Has anyone successfully used heat panels or cables to melt iced-over panels (ie. without damaging the panels)? In heavy snow country, or over periods of freeze/thaw when pelty slushy snow sticks and freezes to panels, it would be nice to have a safe method of clearing them, especially off-grid. I r

Re: [RE-wrenches] De-icing panels off grid

2024-12-05 Thread Howie Michaelson via RE-wrenches
Todd, In general that had been my philosophy, but sometimes pole mounts are just logistically to difficult/ expensive - especially large ones. In general, if it is a windy location, the snow doesn't stick around that long. However, even pole mounts at a steep angle can get encrusted and if it doe

Re: [RE-wrenches] De-icing panels off grid

2024-12-05 Thread Jesse Dahl via RE-wrenches
My students and I ran some very basic tests on some different versions of melting snow and none of it worked or was mathematically feasible. This was back on 2012 so I can’t recall all the particulars, I might have some files in my office. Like was mentioned in a previous post, steep tilt works bes

Re: [RE-wrenches] De-icing panels off grid

2024-12-05 Thread Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches
https://glasscareexperts.com/solar-glass-protection/ I’ve never tried it but just heard about these people. From the bio they are the original makers of rain X, but they customized a product, several of them, to clean Pv panels and they also mentioned it can help to shed rain and snow. By the way,

Re: [RE-wrenches] General Liability insurance for solar installation

2024-12-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches
This is probably going to be largely state specific since insurance companies are regulated by state. We use Builder's Insurance Company (I think also known as American Builders Insurance) and we are happy with them. The cost is always too much with insurance in my experience, but they handled our

Re: [RE-wrenches] De-icing panels off grid

2024-12-05 Thread GLBCC via RE-wrenches
Id be interested seeing how you could justify an expense like this, both in upfront costs, labor and energy expended to achieve the goal.On Dec 5, 2024 14:17, Howie Michaelson via RE-wrenches wrote:Has anyone successfully used heat panels or cables to melt iced-over panels (ie. without damaging th