Attaching SMA inverter to PV mounting pole [RE-wrenches]

[Peter Duchon]

Hmmmm.  Bob, you might look at how battery boxes with battery(ies)/charge
controller/electronics are mounted to some solar streetlights.  Through pole
for positioning and then four threaded rods in corners of steel plates,
tightly hugging pole, clamping pole with two steel plates, one of which
could be mounting plate of the SMA?

Peter
ASAP POWER!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Clark [mailto:bclark at solar-wind.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:10 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Attaching SMA inverter to PV mounting pole [RE-wrenches]




Wrenches:

I am looking for an elegant way to attach an SMA inverter to a PV mounting
pole. The combiner box and the DC disconnect will probably also be on the
pole. Heretofore, we have used shallow Uni-Strut and a threaded rod bent
into a U-shape around the pole and attached together with nuts and washers.
It's OK, but I am looking for other options that may include a panel (large
enough for the inverter, combiner, and DC disconnect) and
strapping--something that does not look so industrial. The advantage of our
current method is that it is VERY stout.

Any great ideas or products?

Bob Clark
SolarWind Energy Systems, LLC
bclark at solar-wind.us<mailto:bclark at solar-wind.us>

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