Hello all
I'm in the planning phase for installing solar panels on my roof in SW France.
Roof is S type terracotta tiles. The build was only 20 years ago and the roof is in very good condition.
I'm using opensolar to help with the planning and at the moment just going with some "default" choices of panels and micro-inverteres that are available from UK . suppliers. the build cost comes to 4k without the racking and cables, so to finish off the proposal I have to educate myself about racking! On investigating racking I'm finding myself swamped with data. Some early questions I have are
a/ are all racking solutions (for a given roof type) "broadly" the same? i.e. long metal extrusions for rigidity and T-type clamps to secure the panels?
b/ do all micro-inverters mount to panels in the same way? are they all compatible with the same type of racking solutions?
c/ do all racking bars accept the goose-neck type things that attach to the roof joists?
it might be easier to point me at a good/trusted resource for "how to choose racking for solar panels" if anyone can spare the time!
many thanks in advance.
I'm in the planning phase for installing solar panels on my roof in SW France.
Roof is S type terracotta tiles. The build was only 20 years ago and the roof is in very good condition.
I'm using opensolar to help with the planning and at the moment just going with some "default" choices of panels and micro-inverteres that are available from UK . suppliers. the build cost comes to 4k without the racking and cables, so to finish off the proposal I have to educate myself about racking! On investigating racking I'm finding myself swamped with data. Some early questions I have are
a/ are all racking solutions (for a given roof type) "broadly" the same? i.e. long metal extrusions for rigidity and T-type clamps to secure the panels?
b/ do all micro-inverters mount to panels in the same way? are they all compatible with the same type of racking solutions?
c/ do all racking bars accept the goose-neck type things that attach to the roof joists?
it might be easier to point me at a good/trusted resource for "how to choose racking for solar panels" if anyone can spare the time!
many thanks in advance.