Re: [RE-wrenches] PV wind load

2009-12-05 Thread Patrick Redgate
Call unirac; find a structural engineer who is green in the good sense (not cents); get specs from the truss manufacturer; speak with his boss. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Rebecca Lundberg > wrote: Solar is somewhat 'new technology' where I live. :-) I have a building i

Re: [RE-wrenches] PV wind load

2009-12-04 Thread William Miller
Rebecca: It sounds like you have made an air-tight case (pun intended) and you have still not been able to convince this thick-headed inspector. I have had a similar experience last summer that might be relevant: After being pushed around beyond my patience, I fought back. I worked up the c

[RE-wrenches] PV wind load

2009-12-04 Thread Rebecca Lundberg
Solar is somewhat 'new technology' where I live. :-) I have a building inspector that feels that (32) Sanyo modules (6.88 kW array) mounted to a house roof is going to cause undue stress to the roof truss (it is a regular house in a Minnesota suburb, building height is 26', 30 degree roof angle, in