Solar Pergola
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These are some preliminary drawings and a render for a solar pergola. Render done in Vray / Max and post in photoshop. Crude drawings done in Layout. Should be doing quite a few variations of these in next few weeks.
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Nice work.
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finally a place to put solar panels that looks right. looks great...
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Nice work and a really interesting idea!
Coincidentally I was thinking of something similar for a car port that I'm working on.
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Dear Adam,
You might want to consider putting in some channels to collect and duct rainwater. It all depends on the specification for the pergola. Rainwater could be ducted to a water butt for collection and reuse for watering plants.
Regards,
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Thanks Bob, great idea. I thought something similar by using a drip free decking system and running some lower joists to attach it to. Something like this - http://www.underdeck.com/arcdesignseries.html One problem would be that it would prevent the light from passing through the panels. Also the benefit of an open air setup would be a reduction of heat on the panels to help prevent mid summer production drop. You may be able to catch the water horizontally by guttering the rafters only though. Something to consider and I like the idea of the rain barrel.
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Interesting project Adam and well presented. Definitely one for The Daily CatchUp
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Thanks Mike.
Here is a quick solar panel I made yesterday if anyone is interested.
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its in version 8? can u upload it again in 7? plz
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Sorry about that. Here's the panel in SU 7 format. I also made the framing a little thinner.
More to come......
Edit - fixed attachment to be SU7 friendly.
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Fixed post above Mushtaq. Sorry about that. Here is just texture as well.
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