[RE-wrenches] Enphase ACM to rail mount plate

[Jason Szumlanski]

What Mac is saying is there is no metal flange on the microinverters that
are attached to AC modules. They just snap into a plastic flange adhered to
the backsheet.  It's just a plastic case with no way to attach it to rails
or a panel frame. William's solution requires a microinverter with a metal
flange.

Jason Szumlanski
Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group
NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)
Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956


On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 2:45 PM James Rudolph via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hey Mac,
> If you have rails beneath the module wouldn't it be easier to mount an
> inverter there with a bolt that fastens to rail?
> William's solution looks great, but I thought to ask because this would be
> cheaper and easier to wire.
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> Have a great day everyone  🌞
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> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 7:57 AM Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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>> Hello Wrenches,
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>> We are in the middle of planning for a full solar panel replacement at a
>> house with AC modules.  It was a Solaria 355 with an Enphase IQ7+.  Solaria
>> is going to replace the modules with a standard module, not an AC module
>> (MC4 cabling not an Q Cable to J-box).  This seems OK but the issue is the
>> that microinverters don't have an integrated plate to mount to the existing
>> rail.
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>> I've talked with Enphase and it doesn't appear that they are willing to
>> sell us this mounting flange plate (or it could have been too unusual for
>> this particular tech support contact to deal with).  Im sure I can fab up
>> something, but curious if anyone has dealt with this?  Or has a good
>> contact at enphase that might be able to help with this unusual request.
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>> Thanks in advance!
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>> Mac Lewis
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>> *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates*
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