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Bill,<div>I was pretty sure that the inverter-mounted-to-the-mod method wouldn't fly. Thanks for your points, noted and very much appreciated!</div><div><br></div><div>benn<br><br><span class="ecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 32, 96)"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. </font></span><div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">benn@daystarsolar.ca</font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">780-906-7807 </font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">HAVE A SUNNY DAY
</font></div><div><br></div></div><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: billbrooks7@yahoo.com<br>To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br>Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:39:13 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Mounting Enphase when using S-5-PV Clamps<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';color:#1F497D">Benn,</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';color:#1F497D">If it were me, I would mount rails on the S-5! Clamps so that
you can mount the micro-inverters on the rails. It is not good to mount the
inverters on the module frames. Although some modules may be able to physically
handle it, as you noted, you will probably void the warranty. The weight tests
for ac modules are substantial and a typical module has not been evaluated for
that dead load weight test. Put the inverters on the rails they were designed
for or use a string inverter.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';color:#1F497D">Bill.</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>benn kilburn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Wrenches<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Mounting Enphase when using S-5-PV Clamps</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Mornin,</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">I'm
looking at mounting an Enphase M190 system on a standing seam metal roof and
was considering using the S-5-PV clamps (as opposed to just the S-5's and
L-feet), which do not use any mounting rails. No rails means no where to
properly mount the M190's!?!</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">It
was suggested to mount the M190's to each module frame using a fashioned
L-bracket, makes sense, but this would require drilling holes in the module
frame, and wouldn't that void the module warranty? </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">Also,
am i the only one who is wondering if hanging a 4.4 pound inverter off of the
module frame will potentially cause some sagging/deformation of the frame over
the life of the system? Is this how those "andalay" modules
support their inverters? </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'">thanks,</span></p>
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