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<p><font face="Verdana">I am <font face="Verdana">wondering if th<font
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stories of <font face="Verdana">p<font
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with no power and <font face="Verdana">Florida's
hot weather is not hel<font face="Verdana">ping
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use battery technolo<font face="Verdana">gy
instead of <font face="Verdana">having a
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Past experience shows that roofs with
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/12/2017 10:14 PM, Tom Lane wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Windloading MAPS of Florida depend on how close
you are to the coast and ground mounted versus say on top of a
high rise near the beach and how close you are to the wind zones
. The one factor you cannot get away with is directing clipping
panels to metal roofs . You must use a rail that holds all the
panels to the rails instead of the simple metal roof clips . The
one important feature to control wind loads is to use three
rails on two end modules on each end of an array AND 1/2 set
extra of mounting hardware on ALL two end modules . On a raise
array on a flat roof you should X brace the last three on each
end . Always stay 3 feet minimum away from hips , gable ends ,
valleys , eves and ridges . Use 3/8 "SS attachments instead of
5/16 " and always hit or attach to trusses and tie all trusses
together with a five pattern ( like on dice 🎲) instead of a
four pattern which skips every other truss . However any
Hurricanes over 175 MPH moving slow will take everything out to
the slab , but if correctly installed, then when the homeowner
finds parts of their home the panels will be holding that part
of the roof in one piece. GatorTom </div>
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