Solar Panel Layout?
Me again....have questions on the best layout and mounting for the panels I bought. Panels = 58.27" x 26.58" x 1.38" (26.4lbs) Roof dimensions are roughly 100" wide by 251" long. This was my ini...
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alliemac9 wrote:
Okay - I'll check out those cable options, thanks! Now a mounting question...
We've been looking at pics of various mounting methods and the one my husband seemed to gravitate to involved aluminum angle mounted on the corners going down to angle mounted to the roof. Regardless of exact style, it seems like a lot of people mount using four feet at the corners. Is everyone getting lucky that their panels happen to be a length that lines up with their studs? Or are people not worried about hitting something structural? And is four enough or is it dependent on the size of the panel?
I didn't mount at the corners but part way in where the holes were in panel's frame. There's some sort of engineering calculation you can do to find the optimum location for two supports under a beam, and that's where these holes were.
Couldn't find where the wood trusses were on my roof. So I just used 6" long 1.5" Al angle pieces and 3 SS screws each into the 3/8" plywood. Plus a lot of 3M 5200 marine sealant/adhesive. Seems pretty solid. We'll see.
