[RE-wrenches] "Solar-Pack 100"

[Phil Forest]

The black bar on the top of the SP100 is an 18" long piece of 3/4" schedule 40 pvc pipe, wrapped with Ziptape for friction, so the module doesn't slide. 
There are 1/8" slots, that were cut with a table saw, into the ends of the pic pipe. The two 45 degree angle brackets fit into the slots. 
See attached photos. 
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Phil Forest

> On Feb 23, 2016, at 4:56 PM, Chris Schaefer <chris at solarandwindfx.com> wrote:
> 
> Nicely done. A little more detail on the black bar of which the module
> mounts to. So more photos (perhaps side view with & w/o module) of it and
> what it is made of?
> 
> Christopher
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
> Behalf Of Phil Forest
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 February, 2016 16:30
> To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] "Solar-Pack 100"
> 
> Wrenches,
> It took 2 years of pondering, we finally made a backpack to carry modules up
> a ladder. The goal was safer and easier on the body than our other methods.
> It works. We used it for the first time yesterday, carried (16) 96 cell
> panels up to a two story roof. Attached are a few photos of the Kilty
> external frame backpack, retrofitted to carry panels, in landscape. 
> I'm so relieved to have a safer, better way than all the other manual ways
> we've tried. Both hands are on the ladder, we don't get as tired when
> hauling.  
> Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements. 
> 
> 
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