Tannya: WELCOME BACK.
LIVING808.
AFTER VERY CLOSE CALL WITH
HURRICANE DOUGLAS.
WE HAD A WAKEUP CALL ABOUT
STORMS.
John: ESPECIALLY FOR HOMES
WITH SOLAR AND PV PANELS.
WE ASKED OUR FRIENDS REVOLUSUN
FOR THEIR TOP TIPS.
WE MADE IT THROUGH DOUGLAS.
BUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS
YET BECAUSE HURRICANE SEASON
RUNS ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER.
MYSELF, I WANTED TO KNOW A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT TO
DO FOR A STORM.
BRING IN ERIC CARLSON OF
REVOLUSUN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD MORNING.
John: TOPIC THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE WORRIED WITH
ABOUT.
MAYBE STILL ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
WHAT DOES SOMEBODY DO THAT HAS
SOLAR, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO
PREPARE FOR A STORM IN NEED DO
ANYTHING?
WHEN YOU CONSIDER SOLAR
SYSTEM, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
GOT THE PANELS ON YOUR ROOF.
THEN YOU HAVE THEM INVERTERS
AND MAYBE BATTERIES ON THE
SIDE OF YOUR HOME.
ANY REPUTABLE COMPANY IS
INSTALLING PRODUCTS ON YOUR
ROOF AND ON THE SIDE OF YOUR
HOME THAT HAVE PASSED ALL OF
THE BUILDINGS CODES AND THE
NATIONAL CODES FOR THAT
MATTER.
SO THEY ARE ALL DESIGNED TO
HANDLE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 105
IN SOME CASES, HIGHER WIND
VOLUME.
FOR THE MOST PART, WE LIKE TO
SAY, IT'S KNO NOT FUNNY ROOF IS
LIKELY T TO BLOW AWAY FIRST
BEFORE SOLAR PANELS.
John: IF THE WINDS AREN'T
TOO CRAZY, GOING TO BE ALL
RIGHT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY
NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT AS A
STORM IS APPROACHING WITH THE
SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM ON THEIR
ROOF?
I THINK THE CONCERN IS
FALLING DEBRIS.
WHEN THE STORM IS COMING,
THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THE
AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
WE DON'T WANT HOMEOWNERS TO
GET UP ON THE RO ROOF.
TAKE ANY PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES, BOARDING UP SOLAR
PANELS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
PRODUCT THEMSELVES ARE
DESIGNED TO HANDLE THESE MAJOR
TYPE OF IMPACTS.
HERE IN HAWAII, HURRICANE
HEAVY RAIN, CAN'T HAVE TREE
BRANCHES FALL, ON THE
MAINLAND, THEY HAVE THINGS
LIKE HAIL, TORNADOES, ET
CETERA.
AND SYSTEMS HAVE SHOWN TO
WITHSTAND HAIL, MUCH HIGHER
WINDS THAN HURRICANES CAN
PRODUCE.
SO THERE'S NOT, AGAIN, A WHOLE
LOT, HOMEOWNER HAS TO DO TO
PREPARE FOR A STORM.
John: WHAT ABOUT WHEN A
STORM PASSES? WHAT DO FOLKS
NEED TO WORRY ABOUT AT THAT
POINT?
REALLY LUCKY.
STATE AS A WHOLE.
NO MAJOR DAMAGE OR ANY JEERS
REPORTED.
OR ANY INJURIES REPORTED.
HAD IT HIT, YOU COULD WALK
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SEE
ON YOUR ROOF OR MAYBE PANEL
WAS LOOSE.
IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT
DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT, QUESTION
EDGE CORMING YENCOURAGE RECALL KEEP LOVED
ONERS PETS AWAY, SYSTEM STILL
BE PRODUCING ELECTRICITY.
CALL SOLAR PROFESSIONAL,
PERSON INSTALLED IT, HAVE THEM
COME OUT AND SERVICE THE
SYSTEM.
John: TALKED ABOUT BEFORE
A STORM.
TALKED ABOUT AFTER A STORM.
TALK ABOUT DURING A STORM.
POWER OUTAGES.
WHAT DO FOLKS WITH PANELS NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT THEN?
THIS SOMETHING I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE WERE REMINDED,
MAYBE UNFORTUNATELY, DIDN'T
KNOW.
DEPENDING ON WHO THEY WENT
WITH SOLAR SYSTEMS.
REALLY, TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE
WITH SOLAR SYSTEMS.
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN HAWAII
HAVE A SOLAR SYSTEM WITHOUT A
BATTERY.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR NONBATTERY
CLIENTS.
AND THEN HAVE YOU YOUR BATTERY
CLIENTS.
YOU HAVE SOLAR SYSTEM WITHOUT
A BATTERY, YOUR SYSTEM WILL
AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN.
THAT IS DONE TO PROTECT THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF HECO GOING TO
BE GOING OUT AND A SETSING THE
DAMAGE I IN -- ASSESSING DAMAGE
IN LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAN'T HAVE SOLAR SYSTEM
EXPORTING POWER ON TO THE GRID
WHILE GUYS ARE TRYING TO FIX
IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN FOR THE SECOND GROUP
OF PEOPLE, WHO DO HAVE A
BATTERY, REALLY AREN'T
REQUESTING TO GOINGTO NOTICE ANYTHING.
POWER GOES OUT IN
NEIGHBORHOODS, AUTOMATICALLY
SWITCH OVER TO BATTERIES.
MOST CASES YOU WON'T EVEN SEE
THE LIGHTS FLICKER.
THAT JUST AN AREA I THINK THAT
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVEN
IF THE GRID GOES DOWN, AND THE
SUN IS OUT, PRODUCING POWER
FOR MY HOME.
THE ANSWER IS NO.
FOR I AT WILL HAVE HOMEOWNERS.
-- FOR A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS.
John: SOMEBODY WANTS TO
ASK YOU QUESTION, MAYBE
PURCHASE A SOLAR SYSTEM OR
BATTERIES CIALS HOW DO THEY
GET IN COUPLE OF WITH YOU.
VISIT ON OUR WEBSITE.
WWW.REVOLUSUN.COM OR 748-8888.
John: NEXT ENERGY
INNOVATION SEGMENT, TALK MORE
IN DEPTH ABOUT A BATTERY
SYSTEM ADDED TO SOLAR.
A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION
THERE FROM ERIC.
THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE
WAY THEY PUT THINGS ON THE
ROOF.
AND MOST COMPANIES HERE IN
HAWAII DO A SIMILAR JOB.
IF NOT REVOLUSUN, ONE OF OUR
PARTNERS.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF NOT
ONLY MAINTAINING BUT PUTTING
UP SOLAR AND SO YOU CAN FEEL
GOOD ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOME
QUESTIONS AND OF COURSE, IF
YOU GOT ANY, YOU CAN ALSO
ADVIVISIT THEM AT KAKAAKO.
Tannya: SEEING THEM DO THE
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING.
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW.
BUT THEY ARE THE PROS TO GO TO
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR SOLAR
SYSTEM.
John: IN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS, WE WILL ALSO BE TALKING
WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT DURING A STORM.