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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