Solar Panel Install w/pcs Part 2 (dial-up beware)

[sevver]

What is the 6" pvc all over the garage for? Is it a dust collection system for the tools? I have the tools, just no dust collection system, besides a broom and shop vac that is.

[matt4x4]

Looks like a home brew Dust collector to me (nice job on it by the way)
Those wooden boxes look to be the shutoffs/seals on each access point.

[pj1016]

LOL...yeah, it's definitely a lot of panels. But, what the hey, if you are going to install some, might as well install a bunch.

Seriously, though, since some of the system had to be on my west roof, more is necessary in order to achieve the main goal of extending the swim season when the sun isn't as intense.

Yes, the six inch pipe is for my dust collection system with homemade blast gates. The pipe system is connected to a 2 hp collector that collects all dust, small animals and your arm if one is not careful.

pj

[Simmons99]

pj - you are one of those "more power - arg arg arg" guys aren't you

How large is the pool? We are having a relatively small pool installed and we want to install solar but we can only install 360 sq feet on the west/north roof (so you don't see the panels from the street). Our pool is about 13,500 gallons (30X15).

[pj1016]

More power is always good...don't need it all of the time, but it's there when I need it!

The critical measure is the surface area of the pool because that's where the heat is lost. My pool is 560 sq. ft.

You would be installing panels that are 80% of your pool, but putting them on the west roof (not great, but the next best place after the south) and the north (not good) will decrease their effectiveness.

Probably OK if all you are looking for is to heat your pool during the summer when the sun is high.

pj

[cajunfla]

Maybe I missed it, but how did you secure the panels to the roof?

[pj1016]

No, you didn't miss it...I forgot to mention all of it.

The headers, as I said before, are tied to the ridge beam.

However, I neglected to mention how the rest of it is strapped down to the roof...which is what I assume you are asking.

I have a cement tile roof, so screwing any anchors through the tiles to the sheathing (as would be done on a composite roof) is out of the question . So, Hot Sun Industries (Ken Wright's company) supplied anchors that are glued to the tiles.

The anchor is a piece of sheet metal to which a ring is riveted. Squirt some flashing adhesive out of a caulking gun on the back and place it on a roof tile in the desired location. When placing the anchor, for extra holding power I slipped the top edge of the sheet metal under the lip of the tile that overlapped the tile to which I was adhering the anchor.

So, you lay down an anchor every four feet in a line across the roof one foot above the bottom headers and another about in the middle of the panels. Then polymer-covered steel strapping in run through the rings and the ends clamped at the edges of the panels.

For a detailed assembly of the system with pics, you can d/l the Geon Powerstrip manual at www.powermat.com.

HTH,

pj