A client of mine suffered a mysterious shattered module on a DPW TOP rack. The rack holds eight of these in landscape orientation. The one that broke was in the lower, west corner of the array. The glass appears to be uniformly shattered, with pieces approximately 1/4" in size. The glass has not started to fall out of the frame, but it seems that is only a matter of time. The module is still producing power. The install, by others, was done about 9 years ago. There is no apparent cause of the failure. It happened here, in Vermont, towards the end of an unusually severe winter when the snow was already gone, but mowing had not yet commenced.
There was a discussion here just a while ago that involved a broken SolarWorld module on a similar rack. Has anyone seen this since then? Would anyone have one of these or an Evergreen of the same size? Please respond off list. Dick Ratico Solarwind Electric 802-222-9028 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
