the S-5 solution to standing seam roofs? [RE-wrenches]
Matt Tritt
solarone at charter.net
Sun Aug 10 15:15:20 PDT 2003
Marco,
The real alternative is Unisolar PVL. No penetrations and no wind
problems.
Matt T
-----Original Message-----
From: marco mangelsdorf [mailto:marco at pvthawaii.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:54 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: the S-5 solution to standing seam roofs? [RE-wrenches]
Here in Aloha land we've got a lot of standing seam metal roofs. Rather
than going down through the flat part of the metal roof to attach PV
mounting hardware into a structural member (i.e., steel z-bar purlins),
one
seemingly attractive option would be to use this S-5 clamp from Dynamic
Fastener. The S-5 clamp is essentially a machined block of aluminum
which
bites down on the standing seam with a couple of SS bolts. The mounting
rails are then bolted down onto the S-5 block. Have any of you all used
this kind of hardware? Have any of you had any engineering done on it
in
terms of pull-off strength in 80+ MPH winds? Intuitively, this
attachment
means SEEMS pretty solid especially when the alternative is lots of roof
penetrations into the flat parts of the metal roof. (FYI: we get an
average
of 130 inches rain/year here in humid Hilo.) But then doing commmerical
PV
systems based on intuition is not a real smart idea...
aloha, marco
Marco Mangelsdorf
President
ProVision Technologies, Inc.
69 Railroad Avenue, A-7
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
(808) 969-3281, 934-7462 facsimile
www.provisiontechnologies.com
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