[RE-wrenches] Best elevated ground mount

[Jason Szumlanski]

As far as I know, Unirac does not offer customized engineering that uses
ASCE 7-10 calculations, which is required to meet Florida Building Code
2010. James Madrid told me earlier this year that they did not have
immediate plans to update their Code Compliant Installation Manual from
ASCE 7-05. That effectively renders the manual much less useful for us from
an engineering standpoint. We've also begun to look at alternatives as a
result.

Jason Szumlanski
Fafco Solar


On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:48 PM, August Goers <august at luminalt.com> wrote:

> Hi James,
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> Pro Solar makes similar pipe fittings to what Unirac has except Pro Solar
> uses 1-1/2" pipe.
> http://www.prosolar.com/prosolar-new/pages/groundtrac-main2.htm. They do
> not offer customized engineering like Unirac, however.
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> I don't have any ideas about an elevated structure for a 10 kW system.
> That sounds pretty custom.
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> -August
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> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
> re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *James Reismiller
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:50 AM
> *To:* re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
> *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Best elevated ground mount
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> Hi All,
>
>   We are looking for a faster, less expensive elevated ground mount
> solution.  Wondering what folks like for a 10 kW size array elevated to 8’
> above ground.  We tried DP&W Multi-pole mount and spent a LOT of time
> building the rack.  We use Solarmount for low ground mounts, and are also
> looking for something faster for that purpose as well.  Thanks in advance!
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> Regards,
>
> James Reismiller
>
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
>
> Abundant Solar
>
> 541-231-8772
>
> CCB#175919
>
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