{"id":489,"date":"2024-04-23T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/?p=489"},"modified":"2024-04-23T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:35:33","slug":"solar-and-storage-flat-roof-panel-mounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/2024\/04\/solar-and-storage-flat-roof-panel-mounts.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar and Storage &#8211; Flat Roof Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As previously mentioned I am using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valksolarsystems.com\/en\/\">Van Der Valk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valksolarsystems.com\/en\/solar-mounting-systems\/flat-roofs\/portrait\/south\/valkpro-p10-south\">ValkPro+ P10 South<\/a> mounting system.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Installation video ValkPro+ P10 South\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1d2ni_rIBJQ?start=120&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The parts were ordered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pluginsolar.co.uk\/\">Plug-In Solar<\/a>, along with the solar panels for this roof, my pre-fab garage roof and the associated mounting hardware for the pre-fab garage solar install (this will be covered in a separate post).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-505 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3644-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3644-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3644.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3645-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3645-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/IMG_3645.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The parts were simple enough to assemble having watched the above video a few times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-483 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar019-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar019-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar019.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-484 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar020-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar020-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar020.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-485 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar021-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar021-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar021.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar022-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar022-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/Solar022.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;frames&#8217; are just roughly laid out at the moment, it only took 30 minutes or so to assemble it all, but I still want to be able to move it if necessary for when I lift the batteries up to the flat roof area next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I will be using mass carriers for the ballast as I will also be using side panels as the frames are relatively close to the edge of the roof, they will also help reduce the likelihood of birds nesting underneath them, although I will also be using some mesh at the front and rear to help prevent this notion from the local wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>This post sat in draft for a few weeks and as can be seen from the previous few posts, the batteries are now installed on the wall and the ballast was also lifted up to the roof area.<\/p>\n<p>I also had my son help me lift all of the panels up to the flat roof, in order to take them off the drive and out of the sight of any potential thieves, we then put 10 of them on the back patio ready for my East\/West installation and left a stack of 11 on the flat roof for this install.<\/p>\n<p>When I was ready to start laying out the panels, I cut a piece of wood to the same length as the width of a panel, just to get the various parts of the framework in roughly the right positions.<\/p>\n<p>First panel in place:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-584 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar048-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar048-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar048.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-583 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar047-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar047-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar047.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second panel placed:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-592 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar056-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar056-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar056.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-591 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar055-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar055-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar055.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-590 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar054-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar054-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar054.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see that I have also attached the mass carriers and side panels as these pictures as it is more difficult to put them in place afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The pictures from the rear also show tha ballast slabs in place on the mass carriers.<\/p>\n<p>All 6 panels for the Garage array:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-595 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar059-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar059-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar059.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-596 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar060-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar060-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar060.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All 5 panels for the Office Array:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar063-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar063-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar063.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Installing the micro inverters on the rear covers:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-597 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar061-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar061-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar061-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar061.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar062-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar062-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar062-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar062.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-600 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar064-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar064-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar064-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar064.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MC4 connectors are plugged into the micro inverters, but the IQ cable has yet to be run.<\/p>\n<p>I had some issues with the supplied IQ cable in that the portrait cable is way too short to be used between rows of panels, it is only just long enough for use from one portrait panel to the next within a row. Even the landscape cable is too short for this. Fortunately I was intending to &#8216;centre tap&#8217; each of the &#8216;strings&#8217; of panels in order to reduce voltage rise between panels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-15.40.17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-620 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-15.40.17-300x191.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-15.40.17-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-15.40.17-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-23-at-15.40.17.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This means using some H07RNF rubberised cable between the various IP68 connectors. (I won&#8217;t actually be running 2 cables from the East\/West array to the flat roof, these are 2 pairs of cores in a 4 core SWA cable).<\/p>\n<p>I will use portrait cable for each &#8216;pair&#8217; of panels and landscape cable for the &#8216;triplets&#8217; (and the entire office array) as I have 10 portrait and 11 landscape lengths.<\/p>\n<p>Rear covers closed up, I also shortened the piece of framing in the middle of this picture so it did not interfere with the side cover on the panel behind it.<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-601 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar065-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar065-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/Solar065.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously mentioned I am using the Van Der Valk ValkPro+ P10 South mounting system. The parts were ordered from Plug-In Solar, along with the solar panels for this roof, my pre-fab garage roof and the associated mounting hardware for the pre-fab garage solar install (this will be covered in a separate post). The parts&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/myhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}