Um, well okay. Don't think I'll be hiring these guys.
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Frugal Devonian
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Looks like they forgot their string line.
timselectric
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Maybe it's just temporary. Because it's obvious that the roof needs replacing, very soon.
Rednecktek
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But the sales guy said it was fine!
robbob2112
Doing more research, mosty harmless
Or maybe it is lens distortion from using a wide angle then cropping to get it all in.
alcook62
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All of my panels are ground-mounted, so it was not an issue for me, however, do installers typically stand on the panels while doing the installation?
Gadwall*Drake
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Also, it looks like they are pretty high up, and there's a guy walking on a glass panel with no safety gear... wait, a guy walking on a solar panel?
timselectric
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I've been walking on my panels for a few years. I try to stay on the frames as much as possible. But I have never had any issues.
I've seen Will rolling something like a pressure washer across them. lol
alcook62
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Wow! They're much stronger than I imagined. When installing mine, I was constantly paranoid I'd damage, crack, or shatter them, so I handled them with kid gloves!
I guess seeing all those pics of hail-damaged solar farms misled me
. That is nice to know, however!
Careful if you ever get bifacials. I'd worry about a cat walking on those flexible things.
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I wouldn't put bifacials on the roof. And I wouldn't need to walk on a ground mount. But I would expect twice the glass to be twice as strong.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Dadoftheturkeykids
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Wdym no safety gear... They are wearing hard hats up there, in case anything falls from above
Mine flex like playing cards. Also they are the only panels I have ordered that arrived shattered.
Even the Aionrise 360watts that had forklift damage only had a corner busted. The bifacials with no packaging damage showing were shattered when they arrive.
The flex is ungodly on them compared to normal panels from my experience. Don't trust them but they do work well
Gadwall*Drake
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Interesting. I was fixing to get some bifacials to put on top of an RV, just because they would look better, since they would mount on some rails up there from the factory. They'd sit several inches above the roof, so it seems like something flexible might not be a good idea with a 70 mph wind under them. Not that it moves very often.Mine flex like playing cards. Also they are the only panels I have ordered that arrived shattered.
Even the Aionrise 360watts that had forklift damage only had a corner busted. The bifacials with no packaging damage showing were shattered when they arrive.
The flex is ungodly on them compared to normal panels from my experience. Don't trust them but they do work well
Once on the racks I couldn't tell that much but they sure felt flimsy moving them to the racks. I was actually worried about how I grabbed them to move them. Again after I bolted them to the racks they seem fairly firm.Interesting. I was fixing to get some bifacials to put on top of an RV, just because they would look better, since they would mount on some rails up there from the factory. They'd sit several inches above the roof, so it seems like something flexible might not be a good idea with a 70 mph wind under them. Not that it moves very often.
rogerheflin
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It has to be AI generated garbage. The panels are multiple panel sizes with different aspect ratios. The roof shingles are wrong. The closest panel has random cell layouts that make no sense for anyone to actually make.
You have to love AI, it can generate a good looking image but gets all of the details completely wrong, right now making it obvious that it was AI crap.
You have to love AI, it can generate a good looking image but gets all of the details completely wrong, right now making it obvious that it was AI crap.
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