[RE-wrenches] Rail concerns (was: Top of POST mount)

[William Miller]

Friends:

We broke one hex head bolt in the middle of a rail before we learned a 
valuable lesson:  Always use anti-seize on any bolt you can't allow to break.

William Miller


At 07:42 AM 3/23/2011, you wrote:
>Yes, the IronRidge slide in bolt on the top of the rail is a design flaw. 
>They should use drop in T-bolts, like Unirac. What happens when you break 
>one, after installing enphase micro's, and grounding lugs, etc. I've had 
>to cut the bolt off, and install an extra Unirac t-bolt. IronRidge needs 
>to seriously rethink that one. Other than that, I really like their 
>products, especially the dark bronze anodized rail. Looks great under dark 
>framed modules.
>
>Mike Nelson
>MD Electric & Solar
>Gualala, Ca.
>
>On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:34 AM, 
><<mailto:dan at foxfire-energy.com>dan at foxfire-energy.com> wrote:
>>Yup.. I'm on board with the bolted vs clamp notion for this app.. I also 
>>agree with a wider spacing for panel attachments...
>>
>>As for racking manufacturers and design oopsies, anyone have anything 
>>nice to say about Iron Ridge roof mounts? Personally, I kinda like the 
>>rail design, but the slide in bolt set up seriously sucks..  or Am I 
>>missing something.. again? db
>>
>>
>>Dan Brown
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