ISO gasket / ideas to waterproof a roof made of solar panels

[z_zk_z]

I am looking for ideas & products to keep the area under my solar panels dry. My panels are attached to strut channels and the struts are connected to the wood framing (see photos). I don’t want to use caulking and I am thinking to overlap the panel edges, by an inch (top-to-bottom, in the rain flow direction), have a main gutter at the bottom to capture all the rain, and use gutters under each adjacent section (top-to-bottom to capture rain, and divert to the main gutter). Thanks in advance for any ideas / product recommendation / photos / videos / etc.

 

[dmkjr]

Interesting. Petulant many ways to deal the gaps between the labels but never seen anything commercially manufactured.

 

[wme]

Is this helpful??...https://www.ebay.com/itm/234589584373

 

[Shimmy]

From the photos it doesn't look like you have enough slope to "shingle" the panels. If you don't want to use sealant then I would try to make it leak and add gutters horizontally between each row as close to the panels as possible. Perpendicular to that I would use a silicon t-gasket. First Google link: https://therubbercompany.com/extrusions-profiles/silicone-extrusions/silicone-t-seal-profiles

 

[crossy]

From the photos it doesn't look like you have enough slope to "shingle" the panels. If you don't want to use sealant then I would try to make it leak and add gutters horizontally between each row as close to the panels as possible. Perpendicular to that I would use a silicon t-gasket. First Google link: https://therubbercompany.com/extrusions-profiles/silicone-extrusions/silicone-t-seal-profiles

Yeah, a couple of the commercial systems for car-ports worked like that, I think there's another thread on a similar subject.

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Lapping PV panels to create water shedding roof. Thoughts? Comments?

Hey all, So I am kicking around some concepts to use PV panels as actual roofing on a carport/lean to cover. I am looking at using low cost used panels and then "lapping" them (without covering the cells obviously) so that the upper panel sheds water onto the panel below and the water doesn't...

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[timselectric]

Just add some framing and put metal roofing on the bottom.