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<div>As usual I'm a couple weeks late with my post but I've got a good
one. My neighbor (who also used 14 L-16's in his 24v system) used
plastic well casing for his 800 watt top of pole mount. I thought I
was seeing things as I walked up to it or that he gave it a fancy
paint job but once I placed my hand on it and gave it a little shove
the whole thing sprang around like a weeble wobble. Lucky for me he's
now gone but I'll never forgive myself for not taking a picture of his
shock absorbing pole mount.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">0A few years ago I saw a
similar installation where the clamping bolts on the mount itself
shattered the (very brittle) cast iron pipe that had been used at the
top.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Be afraid.. be very
afraid...</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">Wrenches i have a customer
that wanted to install a dpw top of pole mount for 18 sharp 180 watt
panels. he installed his own pipe and even after several reminders by
me and a signed contract stating shcedule 80 8 inch steel pipe he
installed a 8 inch cast iron water main.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">My dilemma is this he claims
to wave my liability in this install but he has been a very high
maintnence customer and seems to forget everything we talk about or he
signs. so would you go ahead with the install or is the cast iron
going to shear off and the rack fall over?</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1">financially i have met my
obligations with the customer i can wave the labor cost and tell him
to find someone else at this point if need be i dont want to be liable
for spilling 18 panels on the ground and my insurance wouldnt cover it
as we went against dpw's recomendations</font><br>
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