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We recently sat down with Doug Claxton, owner of The Solar Revolution and consultant with TSR Energy based in Boulder, Colo.; Mark Gies, solar expert and director of solar business with S-5!; and Shawn Haddock, senior field applications specialist with S-5!, to discuss wire management on low-slope rail-less PV systems.
Module preparation
Module preparation on the ground means less work on the roof.
Prepping modules is one of the highly critical steps that must be planned, designed and executed to minimize installation time on the roof.
“Every project is unique, and there are many different methods for wire management and different combinations of products when it comes to home runs but it can always be figured out before you get on the roof. That’s what I’ve seen helps installers the most” Haddock says. “I have shown up at jobsites, looked at their wire management design and thought, ‘this is crazy’. Then, we end up back at the office and spend the day working wit