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Originally Posted by Xringer
Looked out back this morning and saw a bad April Fool's joke..
A large limb had fallen near the new panels! I Hope it didn't bounce off them. 
Yeah, I know.. Those panels should have been installed on the roof..  |
I guess there was a hit on 04-01-11.. The fat end of the limb must have hit the #3 panel.
Yesterday, I was doing my once a week bird poop wash down, and noticed something new..
It looked like a 1/4" burn, under the glass. On the backside, there was a melt-thru..
The micro-cracks aren't very easy to see with just the Mark1 eyeball.
I can't even feel them with my fingers. Even dragging a finger nail, nada.
But they show up great in the pictures.. Looks like water got in during the
big rain storms we've been having, or during a wash down..
Then the sun came up and the mix started cooking..
For now, I stuck some clear tape over the glass. Since it's been sunny a couple of hours today, the water should be gone..
But, if it's there, there will be bubbles under the tape..
I'm using some tape that works well in cold weather.. Not sure if it's going to fall off when the pv hits 173F..