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AZ4MW

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 Suffolk
Hi all, I've been having a few restless nights of late with the wind we have been getting and the noise from them, I know a fare bit of the wind noise is from a stack pipe that comes from our ensuite bathroom, do any of you guys deal with solar panels and what there wind load speeds can with stand I do here once in a blue moon slight creaks but very minimal, I have a relatively new property.

They have forecast a stormy night on Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, I'm probably going to spend the night downstairs with my earphones on so I don't here it hear it as much.

I've seen that the wind direction is coming in from SSW which means it will be coming in at more or less head on to the panels is this better than side on, any help to put my mind at rest would be very helpful, I'm now beginning to wish I gadnt had them fitted as we seem to be getting more winds every winter now cheers all Andy
 
Can you get access to your loft to check the straps that hold the panels on.
Get in touch with the installer and ask them if they can return and check?
There is nothing complicated to the way they are mounted to the joists just check for damage or loosening.

There is nothing worse than getting something like this into your head. Stops you sleeping. It should be really straight forward to resolve though :thumbsup:
 
Hi toe side, the brackets that hold the main rails are under the tiles and run up the joists I saw the guy installing them, my loft has the sheeting under the tiles so I can't see anything, they did stand up to last winters really bad storms but for some reason I'm another year older and it's really worrying me now, I might even go to the 24hr tescos and spend the night there as they have the music on loud :cry:
 
HaHa a night in Tesco doesn't sound good
You will need to get on the roof then so not so easy. Rails would be fitted first then panels. Any of the panel clips broken? Any chance the installer can return for a bit of advice??
Yes I hate things like this as well. Here's hoping for quieter weather. :thumbsup:
 
You'll have a guarantee I would have thought - it was a heck of a wind up here these last few nights and our panels have stayed in place. Like you I was worried but so far ok.

I'm sure they were designed to cope with a particular speed.

We shall see. . . .

:driving: :thumbsup:
 
Toe-side said:
Michael Fish 1987 ..........."we wont have a hurricane".............youtube vid!
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:P I've got my iPad, iPhone and laptop all on and its deffo not that bad, I've spoken to the company today and been fully reassured they are safe (I will still be downstairs for a few hours till it calms down a bit) but after finding some stuff on last years storms think I should be ok, ear plugs in and fingers crossed :(
 
Hi AZ4MW. We install PV systems here in France. If it has been done properly then you should be fine. The installer should take wind load in to consideration. If you are in an exposed area. The number of brackets should be increased. I'm assuming it is an on roof system. i.e mounted on rails. To avoid high wind loads the panels shouldn't be mounted close to the edge of the roof, the ridge, or the bottom. General rule of thumb is 5 x the height the panels sit above the roof surface, from the ridge,edge, gutter line.
 
w1ndsurfnut said:
Hi AZ4MW. We install PV systems here in France. If it has been done properly then you should be fine. The installer should take wind load in to consideration. If you are in an exposed area. The number of brackets should be increased. I'm assuming it is an on roof system. i.e mounted on rails. To avoid high wind loads the panels shouldn't be mounted close to the edge of the roof, the ridge, or the bottom. General rule of thumb is 5 x the height the panels sit above the roof surface, from the ridge,edge, gutter line.
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Many thanks w1ndsurfnet, on that bases I'm sure you info works perfect, yes it is a roof system, if I stacked 5 panels on top of each other then that's at least the starting point from the gutter line lower level and maybe a bit more gap at the ridge and from edge it's like 7-800 mm inside, the installer looked at the design from the surveyer who measured everything up and said he was doing it his way as it now looks so much more uniform I have 13 panels, two rows of 5 at the top and 3 under that starting from the right to the left, I have done another weather check tonight and the wind speed has dropped a bit to just over 50 mph and from the direction degrees it looks like it will be aiming head on to the panels if that makes sense may be slightly off, I have also noticed from many other installs around the area my panels are quite close to the roof on the rails, some I have seen sit quite high, once again thanks for your info Andy
 
I can't add to this except wish you good luck. But the amazing advice from people who take the trouble to care is what makes this forum so good.
 
stephendutton said:
I can't add to this except wish you good luck. But the amazing advice from people who take the trouble to care is what makes this forum so good.
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So very true :thumbsup:
 
thepits said:
Sleep, karma

I slept through this :rofl:


Is there really anything you can at this moment do about it?

nope, thought not.
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So did I until a 20ft piece of armco barrier cam through the bay window :)

Missed the Shed, Greenhouse and 30 fence panels dissappearing forever :D

The pleasures of lifting next door to Tolworth tower in a hurricane !

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first house in this row :)
 
Does Bernoulli not have a positive effect here?
(for the wind blowing between the Pv Panels and the roof )
 
ronk said:
Does Bernoulli not have a positive effect here?
(for the wind blowing between the Pv Panels and the roof )
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not sure if the effects of olive oil extend to solar panels ;)

ps I do know it's not olive oil before the pedants get going.
 
Jasey said:
ronk said:
Does Bernoulli not have a positive effect here?
(for the wind blowing between the Pv Panels and the roof )
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not sure if the effects of olive oil extend to solar panels ;)

ps I do know it's not olive oil before the pedants get going.
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:rofl:
 
pretty sure there will be a lot of roof and panel problems in thefuture from less than adequate installations of the latest save the planet /get rich quick /jump on the bandwagon /installers who will have moved on to the next scheme a few short years down the line, and wont be anywhere to be found when the problems start arising from a bunch of cowboys running around on your fragile fifty year old roof with hobnail boots , a hilti gun and a tube of no more nails !!! sleep tite :tumbleweed:
 
mad4slalom said:
pretty sure there will be a lot of roof and panel problems in thefuture from less than adequate installations of the latest save the planet /get rich quick /jump on the bandwagon /installers who will have moved on to the next scheme a few short years down the line, and wont be anywhere to be found when the problems start arising from a bunch of cowboys running around on your fragile fifty year old roof with hobnail boots , a hilti gun and a tube of no more nails !!! sleep tite :tumbleweed:
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Blimey, sure "AZ4MW" wouldn't want to hear this but have to say you are probably right "mad4slalom".
 
fact of life i'm afraid brc, a lot of fly by nite firms set up in lucrative growth industries, especially where incentives and subsidies are involved,... till the bubble bursts and they move on to the next big thing. luckily they are only a small percentage of any industry and happily the bulk are decent and reputable companies. :thumbsup:
 
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