I am going to be adding two 200 watt solar panels. I will be using Z clips attached with nuts and bolts to the panel, then screwed down to the roof. Because you attach the panel to the horizontal part of the Z clip with a nut and bolt going up, how can you remove/replace the panel? Do you have to remove all the Z clips from the roof so you can access the nuts and bolts attaching the panel to the Z clip?
Since that seems like a pain, are there any Z clips out there where you use the nut and bolt through the vertical side of the clip and the panel that would allow you to detach the panel from the Z clips so you could remove the panel but leave the Z clips screwed to the roof?
I don't want to go to the trouble and expense of mounting C channel or Unistrut because the size of the panels and the layout of the roof would make this close to unworkable. Using tilting mounts is out because I don't want to be getting on and off the roof all the time.
More likely, am I just overthinking this?
Since that seems like a pain, are there any Z clips out there where you use the nut and bolt through the vertical side of the clip and the panel that would allow you to detach the panel from the Z clips so you could remove the panel but leave the Z clips screwed to the roof?
I don't want to go to the trouble and expense of mounting C channel or Unistrut because the size of the panels and the layout of the roof would make this close to unworkable. Using tilting mounts is out because I don't want to be getting on and off the roof all the time.
More likely, am I just overthinking this?
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