Favorite rail-type PV mounting system [RE-wrenches]
Bill Brooks
bill at brooksolar.com
Tue Jul 10 13:54:06 PDT 2007
Sky,
Who signs off on the engineering for your galvanized rail systems? They are
often not allowed on the Left Coast without engineering. Also, what do you
put between the galvanized steel and aluminum module frames. There must be a
special washer to isolate the dissimilar metals.
Bill.
Bill Brooks, PE
Brooks Engineering
873 Kells Circle
Vacaville, CA 95688
office and mobile phone: 707-332-0761
fax:707-451-7739
email: billbrooks7 at yahoo.com
web: www.brooksolar.com
Ecclesiastes 11:7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sky Sims [mailto:sky at ecologicalsystems.biz]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:14 AM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: RE: Favorite rail-type PV mounting system [RE-wrenches]
>
>
> Galvanized steel rails attached to the panels without the use of top
> down compression fittings.
>
> Pros: Flexibility of design and ease of use for medium to large sized
> crews Ability to pre assemble the arrays in controlled conditions
> before placing them on the roof
> Increased quality controls
> Speed of installation
> Requires a crane or at least a 4 man crew for installation
>
> Cons: requires a crane or at least a 4 man crew for installation
>
> Sky Sims
> Ecological Systems
> www.ecologicalsystems.biz
> 220 County Road 522
> Manalapan, NJ 07726
> ph)732-462-3858 fax)732-462-3962
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Woofenden, Home Power [mailto:ian.woofenden at homepower.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:01 PM
> To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
> Subject: Favorite rail-type PV mounting system [RE-wrenches]
>
>
>
> Hey Wrenches,
>
> What's your favorite rail-type PV mounting system, and why?
>
> Ian
>
- - - -
Hosted by Home Power magazine
To send a message: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Archive of previous messages: http://lists.topica.com/lists/RE-wrenches/read
List rules & how to change your email address: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/etiquette.php
Check out participant bios: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/
Moderator: michael.welch at homepower.com
--^----------------------------------------------------------------
This email was sent to: michael_welch at sbcglobal.net
EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Qcs.bz9JC9.bWljaGFl
Or send an email to: RE-wrenches-unsubscribe at topica.com
For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit:
http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER
--^----------------------------------------------------------------
More information about the RE-wrenches
mailing list