[RE-wrenches] Awkward Mid-clamps & jigs for installing or removing modules?

William Dorsett wmdorsett at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jan 18 09:35:56 PST 2013


Single-handed mounting for replacing or installing modules on racks. My
helper installing an array on an Iron Ridge rack commented (like so many of
you have surely thought) that the mid-clamps are really clumsy. His
suggestion was that on his, he would lengthen the rail and only use end
clamps so each module would be independently mounted, removed or the Enphase
replaced. Of course this would apply to UniRack and other mid-clamps too.
Can anyone recommend a jig for supporting the line of modules, while they
are individually being clamped or unclamped? Perhaps a long length of Al
angle braced back to the rail, so the bottoms of the modules can sit in a
straight line while they are being clamped. Even a couple sliding Z-shaped
spring hooks that can support the bottoms might work one module at a time as
long as the rail is s

 

Bill Dorsett

Sunwrights

1715 Leavenworth

Manhattan, KS

785/539-1956 Home/Office

 

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