[RE-wrenches] Enphase J-box brackets
William Miller
william at millersolar.com
Sun Dec 18 11:42:49 PST 2011
Maverick:
I am intrigued with the possibility of having them machined. Do you mind
getting a quote? I would be purchasing somewhere between 25 and 50.
Thanks,
William
At 11:00 AM 12/18/2011, you wrote:
>
>William,
>
>I have two or three spares. One of which I can take to my machine shop and
>ask them for a quote. How many do you want?
>
>Thanks
>
>Maverick
>
>
>
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>[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller
>Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 12:34 PM
>To: RE-wrenches
>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase J-box brackets
>
>Jason:
>
>How do you use 3/8" hardware to attach a bell box to a module mounting
>rail? Could you share a picture of your typical practice?
>
>The standard bell box has small, flimsy tabs to be installed on opposite
>corners of the box. Only one of these tabs would line up with the slot in
>the rail and the tab is too small to drill a 3/8" diameter hole. (We have
>drilled a hole in the back of these boxes and used hardware with neoprene
>washers, but this takes up valuable volume inside the box and is generally
>not a preferred method. More importantly, this would not allow the box to
>be mounted across the end of the rail, a most advantageous position.)
>
>You may not be aware that the brackets depicted have holes to allow 8/32
>machine screws in each of the 4 corners of the back of the bell box,
>making a very secure connection. The bracket allows mounting a box across
>the end of the rail opens many possibilities for conduit routing. A lot
>of thought went into the design of these brackets and it is too bad they
>are no longer made. Do you have any spares you did not use?
>
>William Miller
>
>
>At 07:29 AM 12/18/2011, you wrote:
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>>Why not just use 3/8� hardware in the rail channel to attach the
>>junction box? Especially if your AHJ allows you to bury the junction box
>>under a module, this works and looks great. Otherwise, just extend the
>>rail outside the last module and attach the box there. I never saw the
>>point of the bracket.
>>
>>Jason Szumlanski
>>Fafco Solar
>>
>>
>>From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
>>[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of JRQ
>>Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 1:21 PM
>>To: RE-wrenches
>>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase J-box brackets
>>
>>William,
>>
>>I actually prefer to use Unirac L-brackets for mounting J-boxes.
>>Sometimes I'll use the Enphase one because it comes with the Enphase whip
>>(and therefore I save paying $2.75 on an extra L-bracket). However, I
>>find the L-brackets to be sturdier and less visible.
>>
>>Jeffrey Quackenbush
>>NABCEP-certified PV installer
>>Ninja Solar
>>
>>
>>From: William Miller <william at millersolar.com>
>>To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 11:33 PM
>>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Enphase J-box brackets
>>
>>Friends:
>>
>>Enphase has changed the design of the brackets they provide to support a
>>j-box. This is a problem because the new ones are inferior for these reasons:
>>1. They do not have a hole adjacent to the back of a mounted box (to the
>>best of our knowledge). This hole allows for the use of the back hub in
>>a standard "bell" box.
>>2. They can not be mounted offset (to see the benefits and application
>>browse to:
>>http://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/practices/Technical_Procedures/micro-inverter_wiring/_micro-inverter-wiring.html
>>3. They do not accommodate one and two gang bell boxes.
>>
>>I'd like to buy a quantity of these brackets. A jpg depiction is
>>attached. Does anyone have surplus?
>>
>>Does anyone else miss these enough to write Enphase and ask that they be
>>reinstated into the catalog?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>William Miller
>>
>>
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