Acetamide@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoSo my neighbours got some solar panels installed...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1imageSo my neighbours got some solar panels installed...lemmy.worldAcetamide@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenyahlathotep@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt does like a little annoying, but since I’m not a roofer or solar panel installer I feel like there’s probably a reason for this that I don’t know.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere is. They have to be installed on the rafters/trusses and the skylight is in the way of being able to put them all on the same rafter/truss. They’re usually 16 inches in center so moving over one rafter would put that row off by 16 inches.
It does like a little annoying, but since I’m not a roofer or solar panel installer I feel like there’s probably a reason for this that I don’t know.
There is. They have to be installed on the rafters/trusses and the skylight is in the way of being able to put them all on the same rafter/truss.
They’re usually 16 inches in center so moving over one rafter would put that row off by 16 inches.