<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Looks doable alright.. I'd maybe go for two say 14" Flat 5/16" X 4" "cheek plates" on either side of the 6X.. sticking up maybe 4" from the top.. and thru bolt them thru the post with threaded rod.. That gives you a couple of ears sticking up (Similar to DP&W's Can). then I'd thru bolt the rails as well.. (Like Uniracks adjustable Leg kits - bottom L-feet attachment set up). I'd use at least 3/8' hardware.. Maybe 7/16".. I'd make sure that pole was at least 4' in the ground too.. Maybe we could call it a Cobulation.. please send Pics.. db<br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Dan Brown<br>Foxfire Energy Corp.<br>Renewable Energy Systems<br>(802)-483-2564<br><a href="http://www.Foxfire-Energy.com">www.Foxfire-Energy.com</a><br>NABCEP #092907-44</div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount<br>
From: "Jason Szumlanski" <<a href="mailto:Jason@fafcosolar.com">Jason@fafcosolar.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, March 22, 2011 3:19 pm<br>
To: "RE-wrenches" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>
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</style><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Here is my “cobulated” idea, admittedly done this way to take advantage of parts in stock:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fafcosolar.com/download/402/Cobulate.pdf">http://www.fafcosolar.com/download/402/Cobulate.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Think this will work, or will the “east-west” twisting be too much?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jason<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-right: medium none; 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;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <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<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">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.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">For a brighter energy future,<br><br>Andrew Truitt</span> <o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Principal<br>Truitt Renewable Energy Consulting</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">NABCEP Certified PV Installer</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">™</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (ID# 032407-66)</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20486-7507" target="_blank">(202) 486-7507</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(20, 125, 186);">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713</span></a><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:13 AM, <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:dan@foxfire-energy.com">dan@foxfire-energy.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","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<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><br>Dan Brown<br>Foxfire Energy Corp.<br>Renewable Energy Systems<br><a href="tel:%28802%29-483-2564" target="_blank">(802)-483-2564</a><br><a href="http://www.foxfire-energy.com/" target="_blank">www.Foxfire-Energy.com</a><br>NABCEP #092907-44<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></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><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;">-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Top of POST mount<br>From: "Jason Szumlanski" <<a href="mailto:Jason@fafcosolar.com" target="_blank">Jason@fafcosolar.com</a>><br>Date: Tue, March 22, 2011 7:51 am<br>To: "RE-wrenches" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","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: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Jason Szumlanski</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Fafco Solar</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-right: 0.5in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: black;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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