[RE-wrenches] Snow Guards

[AE Solar]

As an aside, I often notice arrays that fill a roof (gutter to ridge) that
are often located in places I would assume it would not be good for snow to
shed (i.e. a walkway or driveway). I'm wondering if this is something that
is communicated with customers? Do those of you in snowy areas sacrifice
size of an array to compensate for this or just come to an understanding
with a customer that this is a hazard they (or their cars) could face.

Adam Katzman
Autonomous Energies
4872 State Route 9G
Germantown NY, 12526
www.autonomousenergies.com
(518) 567-1468


On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:50 AM, AE Solar <autonomousenergies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Bill,
>
> It's a comp roof @ 30 degrees. The array could be as close as 20" to the
> bottom edge of the roof. Two rows of panels in portrait on two different
> roof sections. It's a 7.2kW system. We are in NY and snow seems to be
> completely variable these last few years but looks like the average has
> been about 60" traditionally.
>
> The snowguards were an afterthought, and I'm not sure if I can switch the
> panels to run in landscape...which would be preferable if snow is going to
> shed slower.
>
> Adam
>
> Adam Katzman
> Autonomous Energies
> 4872 State Route 9G
> Germantown NY, 12526
> www.autonomousenergies.com
> (518) 567-1468
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:16 AM, frenergy <frenergy at psln.com> wrote:
>
>> is it a metal roof, comp? pitch? where is the bottom of the array with
>> respect to the bottom of the roof.  How much snow do you get there?
>>
>> Bill
>> Feather River Solar Electric
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* AE Solar <autonomousenergies at gmail.com>
>> *To:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 09, 2015 6:45 AM
>> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Snow Guards
>>
>> Hey Wrenchers,
>>
>> I'm looking into snow guards for an array that would shed snow right into
>> a driveway. So far I'm only familiar with Alpine. If anyone has other
>> recommendations let me know?
>>
>> I haven't had to use any sort of snow guard so far, but I guess I should
>> be prepared for winter production to really take a hit?
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> Adam Katzman
>> Autonomous Energies
>> 4872 State Route 9G
>> Germantown NY, 12526
>> www.autonomousenergies.com
>> (518) 567-1468
>>
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