Good Morning/Weather Report Suite

[doublejj]

Not to sure about that one though. When it's hot its Fing hot and solar system don't generally cover the whole roof. Heat builds in the attic shaded or not . Just my 02 after being in the roofing trade for many years.

Check out Tesla's solar roof......

 

[TWS]

Check out Tesla's solar roof......

I seen my first one in HI in person . I want ! Very good looking remote control car . Lol
Last night on the Trump channel they were talking about the drive less cars and how they will effect the economy and put a bunch of people out of jobs. Technology will kill man kind as we know it.

 

[ttystikk]

Not to sure about that one though. When it's hot its Fing hot and solar system don't generally cover the whole roof. Heat builds in the attic shaded or not . Just my 02 after being in the roofing trade for many years.

It ain't building heat like it would in direct sun, brother. I've done my fair share of roofing, too- and I've done something else;

I've actually grown weed in an Arkansas attic in the summer WITH NO AC.

 

[ttystikk]

I seen my first one in HI in person . I want ! Very good looking remote control car . Lol
Last night on the Trump channel they were talking about the drive less cars and how they will effect the economy and put a bunch of people out of jobs. Technology will kill man kind as we know it.

Right. Taxi drivers for the Apocalypse!

 

[TWS]

It ain't building heat like it would in direct sun, brother. I've done my fair share of roofing, too- and I've done something else;

I've actually grown weed in an Arkansas attic in the summer WITH NO AC.

How hot do you suppose those metal solar boxes get ? Bout as hot as a black car ?

 

[ttystikk]

How hot do you suppose those metal solar boxes get ? Bout as hot as a black car ?

They're still shading the roof, brother.

 

[TWS]

All right we'll leave it at that but I'm not buying it .The benefit if any is minimal .

 

[ttystikk]

All right we'll leave it at that but I'm not buying it .The benefit if any is minimal .

Very climate dependent; low altitude, high temps and humidity = reduced benefit.

High altitude, low humidity = big benefit.

 

[TWS]

Come to think of it now there was problems with solar burning composition roofs specialy TPO or vinyl

 

[ttystikk]

Come to think of it now there was problems with solar burning composition roofs specialy TPO or vinyl

That's from incorrect installation; ya gotta keep an air gap between solar panels and the roof itself.

 

[TWS]

They were raised.

 

[doublejj]

I seen my first one in HI in person . I want ! Very good looking remote control car . Lol
Last night on the Trump channel they were talking about the drive less cars and how they will effect the economy and put a bunch of people out of jobs. Technology will kill man kind as we know it.

35,000 traffic deaths each year in the US alone....self driving cars will save millions of lives.

 

[doublejj]

the first thing I'm going to do to my new house in the hills will be a solar roof....I want off the grid

 

[ttystikk]

They were raised.

Was this a photovoltaic setup or for heat?

Photo panels need to be as cool as possible to increase efficiency, the hot air/hot water types of course need to be as hot as possible. I can see how the heat types could be a mess in warm climates in the summer... leading one to ask, 'why would you want to?'

 

[ttystikk]

35,000 traffic deaths each year in the US alone....self driving cars will save millions of lives.

35k x 30 = One million lives in thirty years, assuming traffic fatalities drop to almost zero. Not insignificant.

 

[doublejj]

 

[ttystikk]

the first thing I'm going to do to my new house in the hills will be a solar roof....I want off the grid

I don't see how that would be less expensive, more desirable or even more survivable.

I look forward to seeing how things evolve and I don't mind being proven wrong.

 

[doublejj]

I don't see how that would be less expensive, more desirable or even more survivable.

I look forward to seeing how things evolve and I don't mind being proven wrong.

because it does not look like a solar roof.....I like that & I would pay extra for that

 

[TWS]

Was this a photovoltaic setup or for heat?

Photo panels need to be as cool as possible to increase efficiency, the hot air/hot water types of course need to be as hot as possible. I can see how the heat types could be a mess in warm climates in the summer... leading one to ask, 'why would you want to?'

Photovoltaic - electric.
But even still unless the whole roof was covered from end to end you still wouldn't see a benefit in high heat areas . Not enough to further increased savings .
Imho

 

[TWS]

35,000 traffic deaths each year in the US alone....self driving cars will save millions of lives.

They will cut millions of jobs .