[RE-wrenches] Roofers installing solar = creative, new installation methods

[Mike Nelson]

I have seen one install in my local area, done by PetersonDean Roofing, they
beat my bid by $1.50/watt, and actually did a very nice install, although
they used cheaper chinese modules, and a string inverter (I was proposing
enphase). But I was surprised by the clean conduit work, and flashings on
the roof.

Mike Nelson
MD Electric & Solar
Gualala Ca.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Warren Lauzon <warren at wind-sun.com> wrote:

>   We have seen a lot of the roofing companies nibbling around the edges of
> solar installs lately. I have only seen a couple of installs personally, and
> they were far from what I would call professional or reliable. Not quite as
> bad as your example, but in one case they had used Romex to run the wiring
> down to the inverter, and not in conduit.
>
>
>  *From:* Nick Soleil <nicksoleilsolar at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:11 PM
> *To:* re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Roofers installing solar = creative,new
> installation methods
>
>  Hi wrenches:
>    Have you noticed that roofing companies have recently been trying to
> sell solar?  One company thought of something that I had never considered.
> Listen to this neat story.
>    I was servicing a job today, where a roofing company recently removed
> and re-installed a PV array on a 12 degree sloped roof.  The funny thing is
> that the roofer didn't want to penetrate his new roof, so he and the
> customer decided to leave the panels sitting on the composition roof without
> any attachments to the structure.  They didn't think it was necessary!
>     Shortly afterward, the array slid down the roof, and a MultiContact
> connector came unplugged.  The customer noticed that his system was not
> operating, and called us to the site.
>
> Nick Soleil
> Project Manager
> Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC
> PO Box 657
> Petaluma, CA 94953
> Cell: 707-321-2937
> Office: 707-789-9537
> Fax: 707-769-9037
>
>
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