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

[Dave Click]

That's a nice built-in alarm feature that locking connectors just can't 
provide...

Nick Soleil wrote:
> 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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