Thomas and Betts TC105 Aluminum Mounting Base, Screw Mounting with #10 Screw

all right yes it does it supports 400 pounds [Applause] [Music] so last night I was thinking about the connections that I have where I made this frame and how they're connected and what the forces are and I decided I would set up a little bit of an experiment to see just how strong it is these are lap joints where the two sheets of metal come together and I try to make sure there's physical connection of the weight transferring down directly from one steel to the next without necessarily relying on the steel screws but the screws are gonna take up some shear now how strong are they in shear because generally speaking screws are pretty weak in shear and so that got me concerned I wanted to think that through and kind of work it out as a math problem because it's fun so ground snow load of 65 pounds per square foot plus a dead load of about 3 pounds per square foot for the solar panels an