Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow-frame damage

2019-08-26 Thread toddcory
Michael and I have noticed this kind of damage tends to be more common on shallow angled roofs. Less than 6/12 is for sure designed to fail.   todd On Monday, August 26, 2019 2:46pm, "Michael Morningstar" said: Todd Cory and I have seen this many times. Around here, I won’t let the bottom edge

Re: [RE-wrenches] Snow-frame damage

2019-08-26 Thread Michael Morningstar
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’

[RE-wrenches] Snow-frame damage

2019-08-26 Thread frenergy
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

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-26 Thread Michael Welch
Hello Wrenches. I'm posting this on Bryan Norkunas' behalf, and working on getting him signed up as a manufacturer's representative. Hi Jay,   The testing which was done was a third party test I think through Interek I believe, and not through UL.  The testing of the H4 (not the UTX) and the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation?

2019-08-26 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Chris, Can you restate this, I do not understand. I use alot of these and have quite a bit of experience with Wattsun, formerly Array tech, formerly Wattsun. I am also looking for a single axis that is on a 6 inch pole. Wattsun only makes the 8 inch that needs a back-hoe for lifting. Too heavy

[RE-wrenches] Residential tracker that has horizontal axis in east-west orientation?

2019-08-26 Thread Christopher Warfel
Not too long ago there were postings about residential trackers. I put in a plug for Array Tech, but we are having a very hard time with getting information on the controller and how to get it to work for our case. I have moved the sensor every which way but pointing down... Their