Letter: Jim Wright of Solar King to Dewey Bartlett, in which Wright requests Bartlett's assistance in resolving a situation involving the placement of solar power equipment on the Comprehensive Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma., 1978-03-31

Item — Box: 32, Folder: 12

Identifier: CAC_CC_003_2_32_12_0011

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The text contains a letter from Jim Wright of Solar King to Dewey Bartlett, in which Wright requests Bartlett's assistance in resolving a situation involving the placement of solar power equipment on the Comprehensive Indian Health Facility in Ada, Oklahoma. Wright explains that the prime contractor and officials from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare initially requested that certain selected collector manufacturers prequalify collectors at a showing in Houston, but that his company was not one of those selected. Wright's company was allowed to participate in the second prequalification exercise, but their flat-plate solar collectors were not accepted as suitable for the project. Wright requests that he be allowed to see the results of the bidding process, but instead the prequalification exercise is set aside and collector design specifications are written for the project. Wright alleges that the system designed by the consulting engineer, Harry Roundtree, is poorly conceived and that it will not work as intended due to the low efficiency of single glazed collectors. Wright asks

Dates

1978-03-31

Language of Materials

English

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