[RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow

2009-08-16 Thread Dana
From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of August Goers Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:00 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow Hi Wrenches, I'm working on a PV installation best practices training

[RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow

2009-08-14 Thread August Goers
Hi Wrenches, I'm working on a PV installation best practices training agenda and I'm trying to gather some info on dealing with snow. I don't have experience with snow because I've always worked in the California coastal area. Here are some questions which I'm hoping some of you might be

Re: [RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow

2009-08-14 Thread penobscotsolar
Hi August, Here in Maine we get pretty decent amounts of snow. There isn't any foolproof way to keep your panels clear without doing it manually because we sometimes get sticky, half ice, half snow type of precipitation, but here's some of the things we do. 1. Do you typically mount arrays

Re: [RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow

2009-08-14 Thread Darryl Thayer
-wrenches] Dealing with snow To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 3:48 PM Hi August,    Here in Maine we get pretty decent amounts of snow. There isn't any foolproof way to keep your panels clear without doing it manually because we sometimes get sticky

[RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow

2009-08-14 Thread Chris Daum
: [RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow Hi I have a large array that I mounted at 45 deg. it mostly clears itself. however two years ago it held ice and snow for 3 Weeks. I wanted to try BoB Gudgel's snow melt routine, but he was to busy to give me details, then the snow melted. I have never had

Re: [RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow

2009-08-14 Thread Matt Lafferty
To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: [RE-wrenches] Dealing with snow Here in western Montana, I have my modules mounted at about a 45 degree angle (but they're hanging off of a south-facing soffit -- so there no roof accumulation to worry about); annually I put that 'Rain-X' stuff on, and it really helps keep