Fire Department Setback warning [RE-wrenches]

Matt Tritt solarone at charter.net
Thu May 15 16:56:15 PDT 2008


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Nothing, Bob-O, providing that there IS a North side. Plenty of places 
I've worked on and seen have been of the South-facing shed roof variety, 
designed primarily as a surface to mount PV and/or thermal equipment 
(you know them pesky architects). This is not the usual case, but 
presents a definite problem.

No?

Matt

Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection wrote:

>
> Matt ETAL,
> I'm all for safety and logic.
> What is wrong with venting the NORTH side of the ridge?
> Bob-O
> On May 15, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Matt Tritt wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I'm probably not going to win any populararity contests by saying  
>> this, but - If we can divorce ourselves from the position of our  
>> industry and see things from the perspective of a firefighter's  
>> (relative) safety while attempting to save someone's house from  
>> burning to the ground, setbacks seem very logical. Anyone who has  
>> ever fought fire or even witnessed a crew chopping access holes in  a 
>> roof to gain access to an attic will realize that this would be  
>> virtually impossible if a PV array were in the way. If you look at  
>> it from the perspective of an insurance company, it's a no-brainer.
>>
>> In the case of single family dwellings, the possibilities for  ground 
>> or trellis mounting systems can be very good, especially  when the 
>> alternative is no PV at all. We all depend on firefighters  to take 
>> risks to protect our property and doing what we can to  increase 
>> their chances of survival seems like the right thing to do.
>>
>> Matt T
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