RE: [pvusers] shadow

["Hooker, Tracy B" <thooker@psl.nmsu.edu>]

Instead of 'forcing' this array / shadow stuff down your neighbors
throat, would it be possible to just move your array?  It would probably
be cheaper to move your array a few feet than to add more panels, or go
through a lawsuit (never heard of a shadow lawsuit, you'd be the first).

Tracy Hooker
Staff Engineer
Electromagnetic Systems Group
Physical Science Laboratory
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
(505) 522-9481
(505) 522-9434

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Christopher Meier [mailto:mr23@mn.rr.com] 
Sent:	Friday, January 18, 2002 11:36 AM
To:	pvusers
Subject:	Re: [pvusers] shadow

If this option has been raised by another poster, I missed it.
Another potential solution is for the neighbor to pay for an
additional panel (or more, depending on system voltage),
to offset the losses.  Assuming of course there is room to
add more panels, and that they wouldn't be shaded by
something else.  This options allows your neighbor to keep
their chimney addition, but at their cost.  Or maybe you
cost split as a compromise point.

-Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zot Lynn Szurgot" <zot@fdt.net>
To: "pvusers" <pvusers@crest.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:23 PM
Subject: [pvusers] shadow


> Sherry, you've already gotten the basic advice.  Mongo and Jeffery are
> right about the number of modules affected and how to watch for the
> loss.  Gig is right in pointing out that it can be difficult to move
> your array; you may not even have that option.  Calibrating the loss
> would require measuring the light level in Watts/m2 and comparing that
> to amperages,  recorded separately for each series string source
> circuit.  IF you need that, there are simple instruments for less than
> $200 (and your local solar dealer/installer is likely to have one and
> could do it for less).  A pyranometer could quantify it more
> precisely.  Now that you know that your neighbors' act is costing you,
> what do you plan to do?  On the one hand, you probably want to keep
> relations friendly, since among other reasons you may have to live
> with these folks for years to come; on the other hand, PV power is
> expensive and you set it up with certain expectations.
> 
>       i'm interested in your rights as regards those expectations, and
> how your struggle can help others.  i am quite sure that your
> neighbors' unexpected installation is in a different category than
> predictable tree growth.  If you are able to come to an amicable
> agreement with your neighbor, that story and its details would be
> helpful to others who face similar situations (and there will only be
> more and more).  If you have to use third parties (property owners
> association, mediators, lawyers, municipal planning/zoning boards),
> the resolution may set a helpful precedent, and that could be a very
> powerful help.  Imagine if there were already a legal decision you
> could point to that required your neighbors to seek your input and
> seek alternatives.  FL, for instance, has a law (Section 163.04)
> preventing anyone from interfering with the initial installation of
> solar equipment on a home, and legislative intent is a consideration
> in related cases.  Please let us know here what you do, and what
> responses you get, and how the situation resolves.
> 
> 
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