"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
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Mike Tomlinson wrote:

I saw a solar panel installation a couple days ago. On the gable end of
a house. Pointing roughly north-east. With the gable end of the
adjacent house about 6m away.

Like this one?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_eas...ok/5937685450/

That's not a gable end, that's a wall.