Akeena Solar’s Andalay Solar Panels Improved
Sep 9, 2008 – Akeena Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKNS), a designer and installer of solar power systems, announced an enhancement to its integrated Andalay Solar Power System. Akeena’s is enhancing the panel’s roof mounting and wire management systems, bolstering their reliability.
The Andalay system introduced in 2007 incorporates many of the external electrical and racking elements into the panels themselves. The use of prefabricated panels eliminates 70% of the parts used in ordinary systems. The recent round of upgrades focuses on streamlining the installation process with the introduction of a prefabricated combiner box. The combiner box, the second most common point for system breakdown, will now be assembled in the factory rather than put together on rooftops, thus increasing reliability of the finished installation.
Through a wire management system of stainless steel clips, Andalay strengthens the system’s stability and high performance by getting rid of plastic zip ties that decay quickly over time; the typical procedure that ordinary systems use to secure their wires.
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