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<p class="MsoNormal">We use OBO Bettermann for rooftops. They make strut clips to attach to rubber triangles to get height off deck and allow water movement. You can get the product in galvanized or stainless with aluminum covers. Listed to ground to itself
if properly installed. Looks good. Durable to date.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 30, 2020 11:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Rooftop Conduit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Anyone have something similar that is non combustible, and that one can open and inspect/make changes? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">"we go where powerlines don't"<o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre>
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<pre><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">e-mail <a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre>
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<p>On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 19:48:59 -0400, Jeremy Coxon <<a href="mailto:jcoxon@sunwindpowerinc.com">jcoxon@sunwindpowerinc.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We have been using a product called RayTray on projects in the 20-100kW range for a few years now. It's basically a white plastic (RPVC) extrusion tray with a cap that builds out quick and does a nice job of
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking at residential installations l do not see cable trays becoming common place in part do to cost and visual appearance. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Commercial is where trays work for home runs, feeders to big commercial combines is common place. But they are not pretty by any stretch. I have used aluminum unistrut as trays on smaller arrays using the crosses and T's then their covers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 11:00 PM Corey Shalanski <<a href="mailto:coresolar@gmail.com">coresolar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I noticed a couple good threads ("Cable tray" / "PV Wiring methods") about this topic back in 2013, but I haven't seen much discussion since then. Given some of the advances in PV equipment since then (improved ground-fault protection,
arc-fault circuit protection, rapid shutdown), I am curious about current attitudes toward using metallic conduit/cable tray on rooftops. I am primarily interested in hearing about flat commercial rooftops but imagine some of the same conventions may apply
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<p class="MsoNormal">Back in 2013 Bill Brooks said that PV installers are the "crazy people" installing conduit on rooftops, and he prophesied that using cable tray on roofs would "become common practice soon." Where do we stand now?<o:p></o:p></p>
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