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0 pointswongarsu1y ago0 comments

Anything involving roofs is difficult to do unskilled (at scale). You are working at height, potentially on a sloped surface, and have to worry about keeping the roof water tight.

But if you put the panels basically anywhere else it becomes a lot more viable. Some houses come with a plug to connect your generator, you can do something similar to plug in your inverter. Then you can later decide to put up a solar fence or put solar panels on the balcony or whatever strikes your fancy

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jeffbee1y ago

Why not just prefab a frame with the panels mounted and hang it on the point of the roof with a crane? Working on the roof can be eliminated or minimized.

ssl-31y ago

Even if it works, that just trades some of the working-on-a-roof trade skills for (much more expensive) crane operator and rigging skills, while also adding the expense of the crane itself.

happyopossum1y ago

Wind. Panels and their support need to be anchored to the roof, lest they become flying solar panels.

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