ClickFit EVO Slate Roof

The ClickFit EVO slate roof can be used on slate roofs in whith slate tiles which are up to 6mm thick. Thicker tiles are hard to cut and require a different hook shape.

The ClickFit EVO Slate Hook (1008042) has the following dimensions:
– Footprint (LxW): 255mm x 40mm
– It is 30mm height adjustable. The lowest rail mounting position is 81mm and the highest 111mm (bottom of the rail).
– The batten distance range vary from 125mm up to 210mm. Larger batten distances are possible, but require mounting a wooden shim.

The slotted hole has two purposes:
1. It gives some flexibility as to bridge the batten distance and make sure that the mounting screw is a centered in the batten as possible to prevent the batten wood from splitting.
2. It allows you to mount the different mounting screws in a different wooden grain to prevent the wood of rafters or solid boards to split.

The height adjustment of the hook helps to align the mounting rails. Sometimes, roofs are not perfectly flat and that induces tensions and missalignments in the mounting rails and solar panels. With the height adjustment feature of the hook, you can make sure that the mounting rail is clicked on the roof hook without tension and properly aligned.

It is possible to mount the hook on rafters. However, since this hook is meant to be mounted at the same height than the slate tiles, wooden shims would have to be installed in between the rafter and the hook.

With ClickFit EVO Slate Roof you can choose between mounting in either landscape and portrait orientation thanks to the rotatable mounting rail clicker.

You can use our Optimizer Ready Cable Clip (item number 1008062) to attach an optimizer or microinverter. Simply click the cable clip onto the mounting rail and you will have integrated cable management right away! Do you want to see how it’s done? See our installation demo.

All solar panels in the same row are automatically interconnected thanks to the ClickFit EVO Module Clamp. To bond the entire PV system, you do need to connect each row to grounding separately, because the individual rows are not connected to each other by the mounting system. The earthing conductor (≥Ø 4mm2) runs parallel to the positive and negative conductors and is connected to a separate grounding point of the inverter. If you have any questions about grounding and bonding, please contact our technical experts.