<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Tom Lane - Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Tom Lane <<a href="mailto:tomlanesolar@gmail.com">tomlanesolar@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 13, 2017 at 3:25:10 PM MST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: Solar World wind damage</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Better English sorry Mike </span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Lane - Sent from my iPad</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Jan 13, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Tom Lane <<a href="mailto:tomlanesolar@gmail.com">tomlanesolar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In Florida due to hurricanes we have learned that THE MODULES THAT ARE ON THE ENDS OF EACH ARRAY that we should always ADD ANOTHER RAIL WITH CLAMPS . For example if you have an array facing south then the east and west most module in each row MUST HAVE AN EXTRA OR A THIRD RAIL ! This prevents peeling , also use a five pattern INSTEAD OF A four pattern that ties all the trusts together , a four pattern skips every other trust . If modules are raise on struts ALL END MODULES SHOULD HAVE 11/2 sets of mounting hardware ON EACH END module and be cross braced on the struts in an X pattern to the bottom AND top of the adjacent module's two struts so that all five struts ( 3 on the end module ) and the two on the adjacent module are tied front and back of ALL the back struts with two L bar 3/16 thick rails in the X pattern with 5/16 SS bolts . Gator Tom </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>PS : Do not blame the module manufacturer it is always the responsibility to look for the worst scenario possible i.e. The Record Storm at the sites history , then up it .15% . Also use common sense which is now a super power ! I have seen people using clamps alone on modules just attached to the seems of metal roofs WITHOUT A RAIL TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER ! Rails should always be tied to metal roofs and THEN each module clamped to the rails . Uneven expansion and contraction on metal roofs leads to a disaster waiting to happen in rails are not used . Mounting the array is the most important part of the contracting A) no leaks B ) no wind or storm damage . You have nothing to do with anything else except aesthetics . 90 % is no leaks and no wind damage . Esthetics is 10 % . The modules make the electricity not the contractor , wiring professionally should be a given . Roofing work is what separates a Solar Contractor from an electrician in Florida . Only CVC solar licenses and Roofers are allowed to attach modules to a roof . An Electrician has to use a roofer in Florida or a CVC Solar Contractor unless the electrician is doing a ground mount . </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom Lane - Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>