I would add that S-5s are only as good as the roof. We saw a large system (not ours) that ripped the metal right off the roof during Hurricane Irma. It literally tore the meta. The panels, rails, and S-5s were still connected, sitting on the ground with chunks of metal roofing still attached to the S-5s. It was quite the mangled mess. We salvaged quite a bit, but the client built a ground rack after this.
To be fair, this was a totally exposed beachfront home. I don't know what the spacing was on the clamps, either. On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM Jerry Shafer <[email protected]> wrote: > Wrenches > I think what you said is totally true,"its only as good as the > instalation" but here is where l differ, S-5's if installed correctly are > no different than anything else installed on the roof. > Jerry > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 8:42 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The S5 is only as good as the installer. I have seen them come off with a >> string of panels on an insurance inspection I did. >> >> I billed them and made another note in my journal of why the only thing >> that should go on a metal roof is rainwater. >> >> >> >> *Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar >> "we go where powerlines don't" >> http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/1fbcd342a74271c0b7fc10aded3a5898216b29ff?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmembers.sti.net%2Foffgridsolar%2F&userId=1613865&signature=3165bd540eb26abc> >> e-mail [email protected] <[email protected]> >> text 209 813 0060* >> >> On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:37:07 -0400, Hilton Dier III <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I'm with Jerry Shafer on this one. S-5 clamps with rails work well >> without punching holes in the metal roof. If the roof is fastened well to >> beefy steel C channel it should be fine. The S-5 clamps themselves are >> stronger than the roofing. >> >> -- >> Hilton Dier III >> Missisquoi River Hydro >> Renewable Energy Design >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/37e5a9d3cb94862f3ed2bd2a6d8aec0166172293?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.re-wrenches.org%2Foptions.cgi%2Fre-wrenches-re-wrenches.org&userId=1613865&signature=14bbe924a508fd2a> >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a5879c0fb656d761a24deb0e99010755cdfd8014?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fre-wrenches%40lists.re-wrenches.org%2F&userId=1613865&signature=547b7d68cfa14f36> >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/4a25fd228fb94589e6e10f6af9b1f65a2438f405?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.re-wrenches.org%2Fpipermail%2Fre-wrenches-re-wrenches.org&userId=1613865&signature=c0cdfd3cf02aeeac> >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/2a09f421bb521721dc839f92b9a6d18e7ea1de62?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.re-wrenches.org%2Fetiquette.htm&userId=1613865&signature=7d7f181bcb8be6fc> >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/61fc2fbcfb9e70aa9dac3c22a87e86fe1a0da1e3?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.members.re-wrenches.org&userId=1613865&signature=1af5db5fc4d88ba8> >> >> _______________________________________________ > 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 > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/d45c5b76600c9ffc3707379491cb65260ef8d49f?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.re-wrenches.org%2Foptions.cgi%2Fre-wrenches-re-wrenches.org&userId=1613865&signature=46bbb5e97d1f92d2> > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/7cbffa4acad4a4e1994469405cd7fa9c5b602201?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fre-wrenches%40lists.re-wrenches.org%2F&userId=1613865&signature=1565bd6cd5ab4a34> > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/b4b1e427f65209713eb2b7e1159ef74e1f51497f?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.re-wrenches.org%2Fpipermail%2Fre-wrenches-re-wrenches.org&userId=1613865&signature=726dd466708dbfa7> > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/68ddd03efddd84331c10a9c617cb17fc6eff4031?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.re-wrenches.org%2Fetiquette.htm&userId=1613865&signature=9cb06a8ac7c684f9> > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/47d0d28c684bd543e18f05784c1eb00bd978a534?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.members.re-wrenches.org&userId=1613865&signature=dc27973c542ca07a> > >
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