Windstorm damage in Los Angeles, part 2
DanKegel
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The 2009-era panels on my rental house also got hit. One panel is shattered:
The others aren't shattered, but even the other string is offline. It has some suspiciously delaminated looking spots I don't recall from before the storms, e.g.
The insurance folks haven't called back yet, this should be fun. I doubt these panels are available anymore... wonder if they'll total the system. The racking is still fine, ought to be able to remove the old panels and put new (and different sized!) ones on without trouble, as long as the frames are drill-yer-own-holes friendly...?
The others aren't shattered, but even the other string is offline. It has some suspiciously delaminated looking spots I don't recall from before the storms, e.g.
The insurance folks haven't called back yet, this should be fun. I doubt these panels are available anymore... wonder if they'll total the system. The racking is still fine, ought to be able to remove the old panels and put new (and different sized!) ones on without trouble, as long as the frames are drill-yer-own-holes friendly...?
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These are Mitsubishi PV-UD175MF5's hooked up to two Xantrex GT4.0 inverters.
Probably on borrowed time with those inverters... they're almost 15 years old.
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