<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I would add that S-5s are only as good as the roof. We saw a large system (not ours) that ripped the metal right off the roof during Hurricane Irma. It literally tore the meta. The panels, rails, and S-5s were still connected, sitting on the ground with chunks of metal roofing still attached to the S-5s. It was quite the mangled mess. We salvaged quite a bit, but the client built a ground rack after this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To be fair, this was a totally exposed beachfront home. I don't know what the spacing was on the clamps, either.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 12:00 PM Jerry Shafer <<a href="mailto:jerrysgarage01@gmail.com">jerrysgarage01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><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" target="_blank">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);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" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">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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