[RE-wrenches] TPM Search

[Kent]

Ray,

It appears that there is something between the module frame and rail 
that may have introduced the frame crack. Perhaps as it was tightened, 
and not due to the wind. What is the light material that looks like it 
is sandwiched between the module and rail?

Kent Osterberg

On 3/8/2024 4:23 PM, Ray Walters via RE-wrenches wrote:
>
> Here's another mount at the edge of failure, from the same system. 
> Hardware is tight.  Like many, I had lots of love for good ol' fashion 
> bottom mounting vs top mount, until this happened about 5 years ago.
>
> This is how we learn.
>
> On 3/8/2024 5:15 PM, Ray Walters via RE-wrenches wrote:
>>
>> I've had several modules pull off of bottom mount racking in high 
>> winds, but never top mount racking.  Newer modules have much thinner 
>> frames, but are much more surface area than the old days.
>>
>>
>> Ray Walters
>> Remote Solar
>>
>>
>> On 3/8/2024 3:50 PM, Kent via RE-wrenches wrote:
>>> and for the life of me I don't understand the logic of of a top 
>>> mount clamp on a TPM.
>>>
>>> Kent Osterberg
>>> Blue Mountain Solar
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