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Old 10-04-12, 06:03 PM   #5
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I've been in a few hurricanes and I know from having to work out in the 90+ MPH winds,
what kind of forces can be exerted on small surfaces..
In Bermuda, I've saw stone roof tiles flying horizontally, like bullets, punching holes into anything they hit..


I'm pretty sure that mounting that close to the roofing (seen in the video)
will really over-heat the roofing shingles to the point of aging them very fast.
I've measured the temperature on the back-side of my panels, and it's HOT!

I have seen worse mounting jobs, but they were done by people living out
in the middle of nowhere, with no inspectors for hundreds of miles..
Some people just lay the panels on the roof, with very little to keep them from falling off.


When I wanted to install some hot water panels on my roof (early 1980s)
I couldn't get any response at all from the city. They were too busy I guess.
I used the Novan mounting products and installed without permission.
About five years later, the city wanted to know all about my panels.

The inspector came by and looked everything over and told me it was
much better than his hot water barrel in his attic..
He wanted me to file drawings of the system from a certified mechanical engineer.
I made up the drawings, printing them on the big smelly blue-print machine at work,
and had a mechanical engineer sign them.. And that was it..

Today, getting permission to DIY install PV on a roof around here, wouldn't be very easy at all.
That's one of the reasons I agree with my wife, no panels on the house..
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