<div dir="auto">Wrenches<div dir="auto">I think what you said is totally true,"its only as good as the instalation" but here is where l differ, S-5's if installed correctly are no different than anything else installed on the roof.</div><div dir="auto">Jerry</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 8:42 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>The S5 is only as good as the installer. I have seen them come off with a string of panels on an insurance inspection I did.</p>
<p>I billed them and made another note in my journal of why the only thing that should go on a metal roof is rainwater.</p>
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<p>On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 21:37:07 -0400, Hilton Dier III <<a href="mailto:hiltondier@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">hiltondier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif">I'm with Jerry Shafer on this one. S-5 clamps with rails work well without punching holes in the metal roof. If the roof is fastened well to beefy steel C channel it should be fine. The S-5 clamps themselves are stronger than the roofing.</span></p>
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