[RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount

Nick Soleil nicksoleilsolar at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 22 12:25:50 PDT 2011


Hi Jason:
    The rail spacing seems too thin for the module.  Most modules require that 
the rails are no more than 25% in from the edges.

 Nick Soleil
Project Manager
Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC
PO Box 657
Petaluma, CA 94953
Cell:   707-321-2937
Office: 707-789-9537
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From: Jason Szumlanski <Jason at fafcosolar.com>
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 12:19:20 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount


Here is my “cobulated” idea, admittedly done this way to take advantage of parts 
in stock:
 
http://www.fafcosolar.com/download/402/Cobulate.pdf
 
Unirac Solarmount rails, sandwiched together and lagged to post, and a brace 
from L-Feet and ¼”x2” aluminum bar. Modules top or bottom mount clips to rails.
 
Think this will work, or will the “east-west” twisting be too much?
 
Jason
 
From:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org 
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Truitt
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 2:09 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount
 
 
Cobulate is my new favorite word.  I just hope Sarah Palin doesn't get a hold of 
it and begin to... cobulate... a viable candidacy.
 
 
For a brighter energy future,

Andrew Truitt 
Principal
Truitt Renewable Energy Consulting
NABCEP Certified PV Installer™(ID# 032407-66)
(202) 486-7507
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:13 AM, <dan at foxfire-energy.com> wrote:
Just one Panel? depending on budget I'd either cobulate something out of 
Unistrut.. or You might find a metal fab shop to make you something... You 
wouldn't be the first.. Good luck.. db
 

Dan Brown
Foxfire Energy Corp.
Renewable Energy Systems
(802)-483-2564
www.Foxfire-Energy.com
NABCEP #092907-44
 
-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount
>From: "Jason Szumlanski" <Jason at fafcosolar.com>
>Date: Tue, March 22, 2011 7:51 am
>To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>I’m looking for a solution to mount a 230W module on the top of an existing 6x6 
>wood post. It can be side of post mounted, but I’d prefer top of post to get it 
>up a little higher. Any ideas/products appreciated.
> 
>Jason Szumlanski
>Fafco Solar
> 


      
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