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I've no idea why you're being downvoted, because it is a very real issue. You don't have to burn down many warehouses with solar before insurance companies sta
by Syonyk 3y ago
I've no idea why you're being downvoted, because it is a very real issue. You don't have to burn down many warehouses with solar before insurance companies start to have a lot of hard questions and rate increases. In tens of thousands of connections, it doesn't take a high failure rate on components before you've got something high resistance.
- vasco 3y agoAnd if you have to evacuate a huge warehouse even once a year due to these fires, it immediately is not worth it for the operator.
- tomcam 3y agoCould you elaborate? I feel like I’m missing something significant. I am imagining people file out, then file back in a few hours later, which seems harmless-ish.
- scohesc 3y agoI would assume downtime in terms of "we're paying all these warehouse workers to stand outside - now we have to send them home and the warehouse is unusable, we don't know if the product inside is salvageable due to potential water damage, etc. etc." Probably a lot easier on the business risk side of things to not have solar on the roof because then the risk for a fire is massively reduced in the first place.
- vasco 3y agoExactly this. Depending on the size of the operation the financial impact of a single day of delay might offset savings from many years. Specially when you could've put solar somewhere else other than on top of your huge warehouse, if you own a huge warehouse.