[Energy] solar panel donation

Damian Decaires solarcenter at rocketmail.com
Thu Dec 22 13:35:09 EST 2011


Hello - I have 16x solar panels, range is between 175W to 230W, - about 2-3KW total 


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.

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.

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. 


 see video -    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZQ9l7k7Ireet is 

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.
 

- Also there are some good junkyards in Newark NJ that have cheap used deep cycle fork lift batteries too.

call me 646 339 8069





Contact me when your ready to come pick up.
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