Burning Solar Panels

[tecnodave]

Somewhere on this forum I saw pictures of an solar array on rooftop burning and the resultant damage. Could someone tell me where to find those pictures again.

tecno

[Robin]

I haven't seen them, but you can find plenty on the internet. Google for them.

[Vic]

Hi tecno ..

There HAS been some discussion and pics on the Wind-Sun Forum:

http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/showthread.php?4524-Panel-Fire-Question

Post #6,  &  7   shows some roof damage detail ...  Have not looked beyond this point today,  but there are 5 pages,  IIRC ...

FWIW,   Vic

[zoneblue]

Theres a good write up about the famous Bakersfield fire here:
http://solarprofessional.com/articles/design-installation/the-bakersfield-fire-a-lesson-in-ground-fault-protection?v=disable_pagination

Contains some good insight into some of the issues with GFDI.

[ClassicCrazy]

I don't think they ever determined the Organic Valley  fire was caused by the solar but that was the first thing everyone was thinking when they saw the aerial view photo of the roof burning around the panels . But the panels did seem to be a problem to the fire fighters since they were in the way and they were worried about the power from them.
https://www.google.com/search?q=organic+valley+fire+cause&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=0oY&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=YmXIUs-tA-HsyQHhvoDQCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1138&bih=487#q=organic+valley+fire&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&safe=off&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=6-M_2SFqUgqmWM%3A%3BrHeTMZsLMYeUyM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fbloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com%252Flacrossetribune.com%252Fcontent%252Ftncms%252Fassets%252Fv3%252Feditorial%252F6%252Fd3%252F6d3f4f24-bd8e-11e2-b937-0019bb2963f4%252F5193d5ddc3342.preview-620.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Flacrossetribune.com%252Fnews%252Flocal%252Ffire-ravages-organic-valley-headquarters%252Farticle_f4014648-bd11-11e2-b698-0019bb2963f4.html%3B620%3B413