A customer of ours has recently suffered lightning damage to 31 out of 160 top
of pole mounted modules. This is the first time in 10 years that I've seen
modules damaged by lightning. Lots of inverter GF fuses and a few inverters,
but never modules. We're trying to determine if it was caused
Hello Jeff,
I am curious about the network of ground rods and #6 wire. Can you describe how
the modules and mount are connected to this ground system?
Are there any tight bends anywhere in the #6 wire?
Are any of the poles or mounts connected to other poles/mounts before going to
the ground
Jeff,
Is there any surge protection in the combiner boxes? Any damage visible
in the combiner boxes? Any fuses or breakers open in the combiner boxes?
Is each pole a single string of modules or multiple strings of modules?
While there where undoubtedly ground currents flowing they probably
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Extensive Lightning Damage to Modules
From: Jeff Irish j...@hudsonsolar.com
Date: Fri, September 07, 2012 10:40 am
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My 2 cents here is that this is flash irradiance damage.
As there appear to be no burn marks on the module frames right?
Jay
peltz power
On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:29 AM, d...@foxfire-energy.com wrote:
I've seen it twice. both were DPW pole Mounts. the first time the whole
array was involved
No burn marks on the frames, modules or poles.
Jeff
Hudson Solar
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Hello Jeff,
I am curious about
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Jeff,
Is there any surge protection in the combiner
, September 07, 2012 9:41 AM
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Extensive Lightning Damage to Modules
A customer of ours has recently suffered lightning damage to 31 out of 160
top of pole mounted modules. This is the first time in 10 years that I've
seen modules damaged
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