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    Posted: 22 Sep 2018 at 2:13am
From FR, the Pod has a 500 lb roof weight limit.







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mcarter, last time I fell from that height [off a scaffold when a plank broke] it cost nearly $500,000 in medical bills.  And now I set off metal detectors. Confused
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I laid a partial sheet of 3/8 plywood on mine when I needed to be up there to install the Easystart on the ac unit, but I'm no lightweight. I use an extension ladder with rags tied around it to protect the roof edge rather than a step ladder. I've fallen off a step ladder before, only about 2 feet but onto concrete it was enough to spend 6 weeks in a wheelchair recovering from a broken hip and elbow. So I hate step ladders now.

Didn't know the pod had a 500lb weight limit on the roof, I can cover the whole roof with solar without exceeding that!
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Be careful with that plywood sheet.  You can find it slipping off faster than you may expect.  I think the coefficient of friction of you and your clothes may be a little better than plywood and fiberglass, though I confess to having done no testing.
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Better yet is a pair of rubber knee pads along with good shoes with good traction such as deck shoes.
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Originally posted by StephenH

Better yet is a pair of rubber knee pads along with good shoes with good traction such as deck shoes.

I agree. The plywood sheet sounds like a bad idea. Good sticky shoes and knee pads, (and keeping a low center of gravity), is a much better idea.
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The friction coefficient between rough sawn wood and most materials is around .5 or .6,  so pretty good. I guess the plywood or anything else could be a problem if you were to stand up on it, but I never did. Just slithered around to keep from creating any point loading.  I was concerned about damaging the roof. Pretty obviously, avoid going up there if the roof is wet, nothing has a good friction coefficient when wet. 
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Spreading out your body, rubber soled shoes, a dry Pod roof, etc. all enhance raise the coefficient of friction.  Some of that glue that Spiderman uses for his web slinging would be ideal.  I wonder where you can get some, maybe Amazon.
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Short of Spidey glue it would also help to deploy the stabilizing jacks so the pod isn't tilting while you're up there Ouch 
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Yikes! I'm not that fat!  Wink
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