[Energy] solar panel donation

Eric Broadbent ebroadbent at me.com
Thu Dec 22 13:44:46 EST 2011


I have a barn and am willing to store while we work on re-finishing.
Am on a first-name basis with several large installers who could lend advice.
Will be traveling to PA and back around New Years - possibly could divert to pick them up if that works.
Only logistical issue for OB-Energy folks is that I'm almost an hour outside Boston.
If anyone else wants to help with the refinishing, then I'll do what I can - but I can't take the whole project on myself.
(Just thinking - this is possibly a good exercise for some HS/college students interested in PV...)

-Eric

On Dec 22, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Damian Decaires wrote:

> Hello - I have 16x solar panels, range is between 175W to 230W, - about 2-3KW total 
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> I have been working for 8 years in solar energy and occasionally panels get cracked because someone would drop a wrench or they got damaged in shipping etc.
> So either i send them to junkyard, or a recycling plant to melt them down - either choice was unacceptable because it seemed wasteful since the glass although cracked the modules still work and produce electricity so i horded them in my basement hoping one day someone would like to clean them up and re-purpose them.
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> through the encapsulation process the cells are glued to the glass so there is no practical way to remove and replace the broken glass - so simply putting some clear coat varnish over the top to prevent water infiltration would be adequate - the problem is rain water getting in between the cracks would cause de-lamination which would cause them to produce less power and damage them more - so well worth buying a couple gallons of clear coat varnish.
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> Anyway recently laid off so i need to get these out of storage ASAP so that i don't need to pay the storage locker fee.  Please to help.
> 2 panels are already being used at Occupy Eason PA. 
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>  see video -    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZQ9l7k7Ireet is
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> I would donate them locally to occupy newark NJ - but its too sophisticated a donation for them and Zuccotti park on wall st is evicted.  So i dont want to give them to Newark because I dont want them to end up just sitting out there and then end up in a dumpster a week later - i held onto and collected these for years so I dont want to donate them to someone who cant get it together to make or buy a charge control circuit or purchase the deep cycle batteries.
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> - Also there are some good junkyards in Newark NJ that have cheap used deep cycle fork lift batteries too.
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> call me 646 339 8069
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> Contact me when your ready to come pick up.
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