Having designed the product prior to it being licensed to Sunteck, I can speak with some first hand knowledge. The plastic used to mold the frames is a High Impact Resistant, Flame Retardant Polycarbonate with UV stabilizer added to the mix. They install very much like a standard concrete roof tiles, other than they can not be cut down to make a tight fit. They are just screwed down to the roof deck, and batten system of your choice The one advantage, as I think you are referring to, is that the array contains no metal components, so there is no grounding required until you penetrate the roof surface and enter the metallic junction box / conduit run. They offer a degree of flexibility when it comes to system sizing, as you can tailor your string size in 8.6 Voc / 6.8 Vmp increments. Contact me off list if I can answer any additional questions. Brian C. White Sr. Design Engineer - PV Systems 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 William Dorsett Sent: Wed 2/24/2010 7:07 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunteck SolarBlend Polycarbonate has a reputation for not holding up to UV. Bill Dorsett SunwrightS 1715 Leavenworth Manhattan, KS 66502 Home/Office 785/539=1956 Cell 785/564-2583 [email protected] See Amory Lovins July 08 on Charlie Rose http://www.charlierose.com/guests/amory-lovins --- On Tue, 2/23/10, benn kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: From: benn kilburn <[email protected]> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Sunteck SolarBlend To: "Wrenches" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 5:57 PM Hi All, Just wondering if anyone out there has had any BIPV installs using Sunteck's SolarBlend modules? I have an upcoming project that i will be using these Sunteck modules for and am looking for any issues (good/bad) that anyone else may have experienced with them and would be willing to share. I am particularly curious if the polycarbonate frames have much affect on the install process, aside from not having to bond frames! I have worked with GE's Geko modules in the past and would like to know if the install process is quite similar. Cheers, benn DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. www.daystarsolar.ca [email protected] 780-906-7807 HAVE A SUNNY DAY ________________________________ Not using Hotmail on your phone? Why not? Get it now. <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9708120> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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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