{"id":4299,"date":"2014-11-28T13:54:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T04:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4299"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T02:15:32","slug":"genius-bonkers-us-solar-company-glueing-solar-roofs-reduce-installation-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/genius-bonkers-us-solar-company-glueing-solar-roofs-reduce-installation-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Genius Or Bonkers? US solar company glueing solar to roofs to reduce installation costs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovation in solar never ceases to amaze me. But I can’t decide if this particular innovation is genius or totally nuts.<\/p>\n

US solar panel manufacturer Lumeta Solar\u00a0have announced a new 175W solar panel design that is super thin, with no frame, a\u00a0junction box on top instead of underneath, and get this: double sided sticky tape on the back. \u00a0The idea is that you simply peel the backing off the tape and stick the panel to the roof.<\/p>\n

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Lumeta Solar Panels stick on to the roof with adhesive. (Pic: Lumeta Solar)<\/p><\/div>\n

Obviously the concept is helped by the fact that most American roofs have flat shingles instead of tiles or Colorbond. But I’m sure it could be adapted to more\u00a0roof types.<\/p>\n

The Lumeta solar website claims that:<\/p>\n

“the installation time for a Lumeta 5\/kW residential system is 80% less than for traditional rack mounted systems, and BOS is nearly 50% lower”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But bear in mind that the same website claims that\u00a0a traditional 5kW array takes a whopping 64 man hours to install. Which is frankly bollocks – it takes nothing like that long! But still, I can see that not having to install racking would certainly save a lot of time.<\/p>\n

Here’s their installation video:<\/p>\n