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    Solar PV and " snail trail"

    Still trying to coax a response other than " we don't recognise a problem" out of the installers, Clean Earth Energy at wadebridge. Can't  find any signs of warranty other than the installers 5 year warranty and the Renesola one. Does anyone have any sensible contacts in REAL or RECC. The...
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    Solar PV and " snail trail"

    " In theory" is right because Renesola are telling me they will not warrant modules with snail trail because they have been "mis - handled "and therefore "damaged" in their view. It's a bit of a tricky one really. The installers have stated that they do not "recognised a problem" as they are...
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    Solar PV and " snail trail"

    Hi Binky, That's a deal !  We're just outside Newquay. How do we pass contact details via a forum site ? The SMAs do seem to be solid gear, I log into the cluster controller to get realtime info as the sunnyportal has a delay for some reason. However the Sunnyportal is good for comparing...
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    Solar PV and " snail trail"

    Hi Binky, Many thanks for all the info. In reply to your first post, the Renesola report that I mentioned in my first post claimed that the white coating on the rear of the solar modules is not completely moisture proof anyway although they claim to have the thickest coating of most...
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    Solar PV and " snail trail"

    Hi All, Does anyone have or been able to get any definitive information on the " snail trail " issue affecting some solar panels ? I currently have 575 modules out of 842 showing this problem to varying degrees They were installed in March 2015. The modules are Renesola JC255M. I have also...
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    Shoddy solar work

    Any idea who the installer was ? might be a sensitive question but the facts are the facts. 
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    35kW PV array - best arrangement

    Thanks Binky and Canoeboy, I appreciate everyones help. The Forum is a great idea and seems to work really well. For info, the system was originally designed to fill the whole roof but the bespoke mounting system was changed at the last moment for a German manufactured design that set the...
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    35kW PV array - best arrangement

    Sorry for the delay. Any good with the photo this time? Cheers Will
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    35kW PV array - best arrangement

    Possibly might work now File is definitely jpeg and using windows phot viewer cheers Will
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    35kW PV array - best arrangement

    Thanks for your reply Not sure if I've managed to upload a photo or not. If you are able to view it then: looking at the photo, East is to the right /West to the left. The panels are tilted due South. The strings of 15 panels per string involve either two rows of 5 panels from the west...
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    35kW PV array - best arrangement

    To All, My first Post to this Forum and hoping someone can help on this. Recently had installed a 35kW PV system using two Sunny Tripower inverters (17,000 model), This system is situated on a shallow pitch roof east/west, but on mountings to face south. The strings of PV panels incorporate...
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