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Apple Facility in Mesa, Arizona Catches Fire

If its not on fire, you're just generating Electricity wrong. - Apple
 
The update states it was the solar panels on the roof that caught fire. Gee, that's not very reassuring with regard to installing solar panels!

Mark
 
Mums said:
I've seen that happen several times in the UK. Very common.
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Very true. We had a plastic recycling plant near us a while ago which had quite publicly gone into bankruptcy. Less than a week later, the whole thing went up in flames caused by a 'stray cigarette'. Ash covered the town for months, but it worked out for them.

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EthanLMT said:
It wasn't thin enough...
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Or light enough. (Get it? :cool:)
 
Mark Booth said:
The update states it was the solar panels on the roof that caught fire. Gee, that's not very reassuring with regard to installing solar panels!

Mark
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Would you avoid driving a car because they've also caught fire? Or living in a house? Or owning an iPhone for that matter?
 
Once you understand solar panels you can see how the fire started. Solar panels are constantly generating voltage. If the plant is vacant those volts build up in the wire and spill over onto the roof. Volts are very hot (remember it is called a hot wire). These spilled volts being hot, ignitted the roof.
 
Must have played my mixtape.

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ugcop said:
Once you understand solar panels you can see how the fire started. Solar panels are constantly generating voltage. If the plant is vacant those volts build up in the wire and spill over onto the roof. Volts are very hot (remember it is called a hot wire). These spilled volts being hot, ignitted the roof.
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And I always thought it was the illuminati converting all of the sun stuff into power juice.
 
Conventional looking panels, not the moving ones Apple has used elsewhere. They must use the moving ones on the ground and regular ones on roofs.

Arranged in an artistic pattern? Looks like the installation is not complete.

The fire appears to have started up by one of those rails which presumably conduct the power. They would carry some considerable power and a fault there could actually get wires to burn in those rails (busses might be the correct electrical word).
 
Interesting, the contents of that facility are due to be auctioned soon in several auctions during June through August.
 
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