Patent ID: 8720132

Claim:
A wiring system on a roof, the roof comprising a roof deck having a pitch, a first plurality of roofing elements disposed horizontally on the roof deck, the first plurality of roofing elements having an up-roof end and a down-roof end; a second plurality of roofing elements disposed horizontally on the roof deck, the first plurality of roofing elements having an up-roof end and a down-roof end, the down-roof end of the second plurality of roofing elements overlapping the up-roof end of the first plurality of roofing elements; and a third plurality of roofing elements disposed horizontally on the roof deck, the first plurality of roofing elements having an up-roof end and a down-roof end, the down-roof end of the third plurality of roofing elements overlapping the up-roof end of the second plurality of roofing elements; the wiring system comprising: one or more wires extending along the roof on top of the second plurality of roofing elements and down-roof from the down-roof edge of the third plurality of roofing elements, the one or more wires extending down-roof from the down-roof edge of the third plurality of roofing elements not being overlapped by any overlying roofing element; and a wire covering disposed over the one or more wires extending down-roof from the down-roof edge of the third plurality of roofing elements over the second plurality of roofing elements, such that the wire covering entirely covers the one or more wires extending down-roof from the down-roof edge of the third plurality of roofing elements, the wire covering having an up-roof end and a down-roof end, the up-roof end of the wire covering being overlapped by the down-roof end of the third plurality of roofing elements.