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- Page 1 SOLAR PV TILES Installation Instructions for Redland DuoPlain Solar PV Tiles Version: Date: July 2012 Author: Kevin Ley / Michael McHugh / Graham Faulkner Department: Redland Technical Solutions / Marketing...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Health & Safety Equipment Required PRELIMINARIES Circuit Diagram & Layout Felt & Battens Marking Position Rafter Pitches & Lengths Fixing Installation DUOPLAIN CONNECTIONS TO INVERTER REPLACING A PV LAMINATE Solar PV Tiles – Installation Instructions 18 July 2012 Page 1 of 13... -
Page 3: Introduction
• Use this installation guide alongside your PV tile layout and circuit diagram to determine the location and layout of the Redland Solar PV tiles and associated PV tile cables on the roof. Solar PV Tiles – Installation Instructions... -
Page 4: Equipment Required
Carry the Redland PV tiles with both hands by the frame, avoiding touching or scratching the face of the panels. • Only load as many Redland PV tiles onto the roof as you expect to install during the work session. •... -
Page 5: Preliminaries
(not to scale) for a single string array of 8 PV tiles is shown below. For Redland Solar PV tiles, the recommended direction of cabling within a string is in column fashion, from bottom to top, then top to bottom in adjacent column, and then bottom to top again, and so on as you work across the PV array with the PV tile columns running from right to left. -
Page 6: Felt & Battens
10 m. (9 m for Natural Slate in moderate exposure areas, 6 m in severe). Please contact Technical Solutions for further advice on rafter lengths. Note that the minimum and maximum rafter pitch for use of each of the Redland Solar PV tiles is shown in the table below: Solar PV Tiles –... -
Page 7: Fixing
600mm centres and the tiling battens used are 50 x 25 mm (38 x 25 mm for Plain Tiles (incl. Rosemary Clay Plain Tiles)) in dimension. For other configurations please contact Redland Technical Solutions (Tel. 08708 702595) for advice before proceeding. -
Page 8: Installation
PV tile array if so required . INSTALLATION Note that all Redland Solar PV tiles are fully integrated with the slates/tiles and as such are designed to be installed from right to left (see instructions below). Redland Solar PV tiles are designed to integrate with at least one slate or tile at the perimeter of the PV tile array to ensure weather-tightness of the installation;... -
Page 9: Duoplain
3 DUOPLAIN Each DuoPlain PV tile replaces 6.5 DuoPlain Tiles. It is important to note that the instructions below relate to the PV tile array and any special detailing required around the array. Everywhere else on the roof the fixing instructions for DuoPlain Tiles should be followed. For... - Page 10 The bottom course PV tile is now ready to be installed. Slide the PV tile down so that the fixing hooks on the underside locate under the fixing bracket shown in (ii) and that the metal nibs at the top of the PV tile (on the underside) hang on the tiling batten as shown.
- Page 11 PV tile in the adjacent PV tile column to left using 2 m cable as per circuit diagram. Complete PV tile array and tiling installation as per cabling plan and DuoPlain fixing instructions. Solar PV Tiles – Installation Instructions 18 July 2012...
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Page 12: Connections To Inverter
4 CONNECTIONS TO INVERTER For safety reasons it is very important that the electrical connections from the inverter to the PV tile array are made as per the following instructions. Normally the inverter is located within the roof sub-structure (e.g. loft space) in the immediate proximity of the PV tile array so as to keep the length of cable on the DC side of the system to a minimum. - Page 13 iii. Once the inverter cable has been secured as in step (ii) then it can be connected to the pre-wired connectors of the PV tile array as shown. The + and – connections from each end of the string of PV tiles are connected to the + and – inputs of the inverter as per the circuit diagram.
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Page 14: Replacing A Pv Laminate
5 REPLACING A PV LAMINATE If a Redland Solar PV tile becomes damaged due to vandalism or for any other reason it will need to be replaced. It is possible to replace individual PV tile laminates for Natural Slate, Richmond 10, Saxon 10,...