Bill and Jay, I didn't hear it from Enphase directly myself, otherwise I would have called BS. Around here, if they are on a north facing wall with no obstructions to the east or west then they would get some direct sun early and late in the day, for maybe a month or so in the summer. Hardly an issue, you might think?
Benn Kilburn SkyFire Energy Inc. 780-906-7807 > On Aug 28, 2016, at 7:43 PM, jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bill and Benn, > > Those micros are rated nema 6, which is submersible rated. > > I”m curious which element/s they are referring to? > > jay > peltz power > > > > > > >> On Aug 28, 2016, at 6:35 PM, frenergy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Benn, >> >> Just curious, if they are on a north facing wall at your >> latitude (Edmonton?) they shouldn't ever see any sun or just the tiniest >> bit. Considering the normal location of micros it seems some wind and rain >> should be expected whether under a module or under a north facing eave. >> Enlighten me. >> >> Bill >> >> Feather River Solar Electric >> Bill Battagin, Owner >> 4291 Nelson St. >> Taylorsville, CA 95983 >> 530.284.7849 >> CA Lic 874049 >> www.frenergy.net >>> On 8/28/2016 5:23 PM, Benn Kilburn wrote: >>> We are working on a service call for an enphase system (installed by >>> others) where the 9 inverters are located, exposed to the elements, on rack >>> on a north facing wall (rooftop equipment enclosure). The modules are >>> installed about 75' away as decorative(?) awnings for a downtown penthouse >>> suite. >>> So far about 3 of the enphase inverters (M215's I believe, would have to >>> double check) have failed and have been replaced and I recently was on the >>> service call where enphase determined that 4 more would need to be replaced >>> as well. >>> Enphase is claiming that the inverters are failing because they are exposed >>> to the elements. >>> We are in the process of designing a cover for them that would provide at >>> least as much protection as a module would. >>> >>> Benn Kilburn >>> SkyFire Energy Inc. >>> 780-906-7807 >>> >>>> On Aug 26, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Peter Giroux <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Andrew >>>> >>>> We had some problems last year with some of the fronius primos leaking >>>> in rain / wind conditions. Customer had a local shop tig weld an aluminum >>>> shell / box that went around the unit. Had a shelf at the top that stuck >>>> out like the brim of a hat. Worked great. We had also looked for something >>>> and this custom made box was reasonably priced, looked great and solved >>>> the leaking issue. If you want pictures let me know. >>>> >>>> Peter Giroux >>>> American Solar >>>> Roswell Ga >>>> 678-525-0468 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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