Todd Cory and I have seen this many times. Around here, I won’t let the bottom edge of an array be less than 7’ off the ground. The one time I relented to a customers wishes and placed a 1200w pole top array with the bottom edge 5’ above grade, the bottom modules were destroyed in an 06’ snowstorm. I actually compiled a portfolio and case study of a dozen and a half snow damaged arrays from this area to present to Wholesale Solar, who was and still continues to sell ground mounts around here. I lost the pictures shortly afterwards but I bet Todd still has some.
> On Aug 26, 2019, at 2:41 PM, frenergy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got a customer that is pushing me to lower the bottom edge of a > multipole rack array to make it less visible from his house (which is .6 > miles away!). Its 4 PVs in landscape, I currently have it designed with the > lower edge at 3.5 feet off the ground which is actually questionable with the > 2-3 feet of snow we get here sometimes. Flat ground, 25 degree pitch. > If anybody has pics (or words of wisdom) of the bottom edge of a > PV frame being ripped of due to snow not being able to shed properly from > this type of installation (or pole mount would help), I would appreciate the > help. > > Bill > > Feather River Solar Electric > Bill Battagin, Owner > 4291 Nelson St. > Taylorsville, CA 95983 > 530.284.7849 > CA Lic 874049 > www.frenergy.net <http://www.frenergy.net/> > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > <x-msg://11/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>_______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > Michael Morningstar Morningstar Electric PO Box 1494 Mount Shasta, California 96067 530-921-0560 CSLB 949635
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