Ballast System Solar Panels

Completely assembled ballast blocks.

Ballast system solar panels.

With proper installation a sturdy mount secures your panels in harsh weather and protects your investment. A ballasted mount offers all the benefits of solar panels without the impact to your roof. Solar ballast innovations expand non penetrating array opportunities by billy ludt march 20 2019 ballasts are the heavy non penetrating solution to installing solar where installers use concrete blocks to mount arrays instead of making holes in rooftops or screwing into the ground. Instead they sit directly on top cemented to the surface with concrete blocks.

On low sloped flatter rooftops many building owners don t want to poke holes through the roof. Solar arrays installed on top of landfill caps cannot penetrate that liner. Mounts are used to attach solar panels to the roof ground or another surface on your property. Labor costs increase if your home has multiple stories skylights dormers or a problematic 45 roof pitch.

Temperamental ground mounts have some of the same concerns. Powers 5 panel ballasted ground mount featured in solar powers world s top products for 2015 december 2015 this concrete ballasted ground mount solution for residential commercial landfills and brown field applications consists of box posts solar purlin connection hardware and 20 patented gator clamps for connecting modules to purlin with tilt ranging from 5 to 30. A ballasted flat roof solar mount can also be used on flat ground. The non penetrating ballast flat roof solar mounting system can easily be used as a ground mount solar pv mounting system.

Published on jul 21 2017 this high density commercial ballasted power rail solar mounting system is designed to install fast and provide a secure mounting structure for framed modules. That s because solar ballasts aren t attached to roof rafters the way most solar panel installations are. The ballast blocks are placed into position prior to mounting purlin rails and mounting the solar panels. A solar panel mount or solar racking system is the foundation that holds your solar array in place.

A standard 6 kw system with 20 to 25 panels costs about 1 600 for solar installation labor before applying the 30 federal solar rebate. Ballast is a common alternative used on solar installations unable to penetrate either the roof or the ground.