<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Hi Jason:<br> The rail spacing seems too thin for the module. Most modules require that the rails are no more than 25% in from the edges.<br><div> </div>Nick Soleil<br>Project Manager<br>Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC<br>PO Box 657<br>Petaluma, CA 94953<br>Cell: 707-321-2937<br>Office: 707-789-9537<br>Fax: 707-769-9037<div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Jason Szumlanski <Jason@fafcosolar.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, March 22, 2011 12:19:20 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount<br></font><br>
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Here is my “cobulated” idea, admittedly done this way to take advantage of parts in stock:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fafcosolar.com/download/402/Cobulate.pdf">http://www.fafcosolar.com/download/402/Cobulate.pdf</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Unirac Solarmount rails, sandwiched together and lagged to
post, and a brace from L-Feet and ¼”x2” aluminum bar. Modules top or bottom mount clips to rails.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Think this will work, or will the “east-west” twisting be too much?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jason</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;
padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif";"> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Truitt<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 22, 2011 2:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cobulate is my new favorite word. I just hope Sarah Palin doesn't get a hold of it and begin to... cobulate... a viable candidacy.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">For a brighter energy future,<br><br>Andrew Truitt</span> </p></div><div><p
class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Principal<br>Truitt Renewable Energy Consulting</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">NABCEP Certified PV Installer</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">™</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (ID# 032407-66)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><a rel="nofollow">(202) 486-7507</a></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713"><span style="color: rgb(20, 125, 186);">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713</span></a><br><br></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:13 AM, <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dan@foxfire-energy.com" target="_blank"
href="mailto:dan@foxfire-energy.com">dan@foxfire-energy.com</a>> wrote:</p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;">Just one Panel? depending on budget I'd either cobulate something out of Unistrut.. or You might find a metal fab shop to make you something... You wouldn't be the first.. Good luck.. db</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"><br>Dan Brown<br>Foxfire Energy Corp.<br>Renewable Energy Systems<br><a rel="nofollow">(802)-483-2564</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.foxfire-energy.com/">www.Foxfire-Energy.com</a><br>NABCEP #092907-44</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"> </span></p></div><blockquote style="border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 6pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;">-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount<br>From: "Jason Szumlanski" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Jason@fafcosolar.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Jason@fafcosolar.com">Jason@fafcosolar.com</a>><br>Date: Tue, March 22, 2011 7:51 am<br>To: "RE-wrenches" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank"
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’m looking for a solution to mount a 230W module on the top of an existing 6x6 wood post. It can be side of post mounted, but I’d prefer top of post to get it up a little higher. Any ideas/products appreciated.</span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jason Szumlanski</span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:
"serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Fafco Solar</span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"></div></div>
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