r/solarenergycanada

Spent today marking my rafters and chalking a layout as well as doing some dry fitting on the ground to figure out all my parts and spacing and how it all works.

I bought a micro inverter DIY kit from a local company after providing my roof spacing - i wanted to keep it small as this is just a hobby project for me, and I just wanted to use this south facing part of my garage to get the most bang for my buck. they gave me parts for 4 portrait and 2 landscape.

I am going to do the portraits on the top since they will be slightly longer, and then the landscape below with a 1.5" gap between them. I have left enough room to walk along the bottom as well as room to walk on the very last left rafter where I'll put the roof box so it goes down though the far overhang down the side where my new 200A service is going (you can see the mast at the far end).

Any last minute tips?

These feet aren't the same as on the video for my rack system. At first i thought because of the wedge shape they would go under a shingle but that lifts the shingle up a fair bit and i think it could get ice jammed.

I'm thinking you put these on a flat part, and just use whatever hole lines up with the rafter (just the one screw).

So in this case since the chalk line is my rafter I would put it like this and use the middle left hole. Then I would just make sure to mount the bracket so it's on the left side to not torque it sideways.

I'll do a thin layer of roof caulking under it and top and sides.

thanks.