Jay, No worries, I thought that they sounded very similar as well, and was pretty much convinced they were the culprits until I found the pictures. Best Regards, Brian C. White Sr. Design Engineer - PV System Eagle Roofing Products 120 North Auburn Street - Suite 212 Grass Valley, CA 95945 Phone: 530-273-2948 Cell: 530-575-5550 e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of jay peltz Sent: Mon 2/23/2009 12:33 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] panel fire HI Brian, thanks for the clarification. I wasn't assuming they were the product on this roof, but the size and construction seem similar, jay peltz power On Feb 23, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Brian White wrote: > Jay, > > I am assuming that you are referring to their membrane / flat roof > product, the roof tile is a standard laminate with a polymer frame. > The membrane product is a lamination of > (PVC>DIBOND>TEDLAR>CELLS>ETFE cover sheet) with all of the required > adhesives and EVA. The membranes have been manufactured in both a > 450 & 225 Watt versions, and I am pretty sure that they have all > utilized Sunpower cells, although I know they were testing with some > other manufactures. > > I am not sure if you were thinking that they might be the culprit > for this panel fire or not, but I am 99.9% sure that the panels > shown in the photos were not Open Energy product. The membranes have > never been produced (that I am aware of) with a metalized frame > around the lamination, although I know that some people > (inexperienced self installers) do some weird things when they get > product in their hands. Also, all of the membranes have a J-Box on > the front of the panel, as they are intended to be mounted directly > onto a flat membrane roof. > > The ETFE cover sheet that is used, is a plastic type material, but > it is not smooth like the material in the photos appeared to be, it > is somewhat dimpled if you will. They have also passed a Class A > fire rating test at slopes of 2:12 and less. > > Please keep in mind that I am no longer an Open Energy employee and > do not promote their product for better or worse, but I do have some > personal insight to their construction I thought I would share. > Also, since I left, I doubt they have a representative on this list. > > Best Regards, > Brian C. White > Sr. Design Engineer - PV System > > Eagle Roofing Products > 120 North Auburn Street - Suite 212 > Grass Valley, CA 95945 > Phone: 530-273-2948 > Cell: 530-575-5550 > e-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of jay peltz > Sent: Sun 2/22/2009 1:47 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: [RE-wrenches] panel fire > > > > Hi All, > > I'm wondering if there has been any more news about the panel fire on > the wind-sun site? > > What are the Open Energy ( now applied solar) made with? I know they > are a non glass unit, but I don't know what the bottom/backing is made > of? > > thanks, > > jay > > peltz power > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > <winmail.dat>_______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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