Is it safe to walk on solar PV panels?

[Wy_White_Wolf]

A Suneagle said you cant compare a snow load to a person walking on a panel..The spread of snow is over the whole panel a persons foot is on less than 1% of the panel. That is going to put a lot of stress on the cell connections and the cells below the glass.

I certainly would never accept any workers walking on any panels I owned.

This is one of those situations where any stress problems may not show up for 5 yrs or more .Then faults may appear in the panels . Then what.? You are going to have a fun time getting the contractor to accept the damage (mabe not even in business)and the panel manufacturer may reject the claim for faulty panel..

Better safe and not do it. than accept it and regret it later.

BS - Why don't women in high heals go through floors then. 90% of residential floors are only built witha 40 PSI live load.

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[Naptown]

BS - Why don't women in high heals go through floors then. 90% of residential floors are only built witha 40 PSI live load.

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That is 40 pounds per sq FOOT not inch uniformly distributed load. 100 lb woman in spike heels can create a point load of over 400 PSI. I have seen many floors dented and ruined by spike heels.

[SunEagle]

BS - Why don't women in high heals go through floors then. 90% of residential floors are only built witha 40 PSI live load.

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Thats because while in the home they are bare foot. Just ask Sunking.

[Wy_White_Wolf]

That is 40 pounds per sq FOOT not inch uniformly distributed load. 100 lb woman in spike heels can create a point load of over 400 PSI. I have seen many floors dented and ruined by spike heels.

Yep My Bad in a typo of PSI istead of PSF.

Point still stands as Floor live loads and roof snow loads are calculated the same way.

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[Mike90250]

....I would love to see you dragging that mobile charging station through the desert at burning man. Man save your back take two minutes and put some old bike tires on that thing. ....

The point is, I take the dolly away, and the PV's are still there when I wake up. Add wheels, and it's gone in 60 seconds...

[SunEagle]

Hahaha this made me laugh. Dramatic much?
I looked at your home page and suddenly your comments make more sense.
I would love to see you dragging that mobile charging station through the desert at burning man.
Man save your back take two minutes and put some old bike tires on that thing. You will thank me in the end Im sure.
Any way enough

Do you think you could drive a car onto solar panels?
Please I know these are test conditions but this is a very cool video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6v2lDa8Hos

Hey and there is even a lady with some high heels for ya

Those are one tough panels. Looks like a quality product and something I would very much like on my house.

It is a shame their stock value has gone down from about $66 per share at their peak in 2007 to $0.51 as share today.