[RE-wrenches] Sheets of snow vs ice breakers

Drake drake.chamberlin at redwoodalliance.org
Wed Feb 27 08:07:08 PST 2013


Hello Wrenches,

We are trying to understand what will happen on a fairly steep roof 
(34 degree pitch) when snow comes off a large array and hits ice 
breakers on the metal roof.  Before the ice breakers were installed 
on the bottom couple of feet of the roof, the gutters experienced 
damage from sheets of snow and ice sliding down.

The concern is that large sheets of snow coming off the array could 
overshoot the ice breakers and take down the gutters.  The proposed 
array will be approximately 22 feet along the direction of the pitch.

Does anyone have experience with this issue or any possible solutions?

Thank you,

Drake


Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
OH License 44810
CO License 3773
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer
740-448-7328
<http://athens-electric.com/>http://athens-electric.com/
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