Re: [RE-wrenches] Tilt biased....

2010-04-18 Thread R Ray Walters
A couple of nice things about working on carports: 1) often the ceiling is exposed, making anchoring and finding rafters easy 2) If you did have a leak, its not quite as catastrophic. Just because you get the wind loading and anchors right for the array, doesn't mean the carport roof will still b

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tilt biased....

2010-04-18 Thread holtek
-751-9111 www.holteksolar.com - Original Message - From: Allan Sindelar To: RE-wrenches Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:17 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Tilt biased Holt, Feedback re the low tilt angle: Go for it, you're good. Re wind loading: check out UniRac&#x

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tilt biased....

2010-04-18 Thread Allan Sindelar
Holt, Feedback re the low tilt angle: Go for it, you're good. Re wind loading: check out UniRac's Code Compliant Installation Manual, http://www.unirac.com/pdf/ii227.pdf, especially pages 3-9. Less wind loading is one of the main reasons for going with a lower tilt angle. Another is closer mo

[RE-wrenches] Tilt biased....

2010-04-17 Thread holtek
Searching for opinions.is this "over design"? Designing small system (2.35kW). Customer uses gas for heating. Typical A/C unit. I was thinking of biasing the tilt to summer production for greater offset of summer demand (lat 31.6, proposing 18). No net metering in this part of the world. PVw