[RE-wrenches] Snow-frame damage

[Blake Gleason]

Snow ripping out module frames (on the roof):

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 2:37 PM frenergy <frenergy at psln.com> wrote:

> I've got a customer that is pushing me to lower the bottom edge of a
> multipole rack array to make it less visible from his house (which is .6
> miles away!).  Its 4 PVs in landscape, I currently have it designed with
> the lower edge at 3.5 feet off the ground which is actually questionable
> with the 2-3 feet of snow we get here sometimes. Flat ground, 25 degree
> pitch.
>
>             If anybody has pics (or words of wisdom) of the bottom edge of
> a PV frame being ripped of due to snow not being able to shed properly from *this
> **type of installation (or pole mount would help)*, I would appreciate
> the help.
>
> Bill
>
> Feather River Solar Electric
> Bill Battagin, Owner
> 4291 Nelson St.
> Taylorsville, CA 95983
> 530.284.7849
> CA Lic 874049www.frenergy.net
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