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size=2 face=Arial>William,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=798015918-18122011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I have two or three spares. One of which I can take to my
machine shop and ask them for a quote. How many do you want?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Maverick</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>William
Miller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 18, 2011 12:34 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase J-box
brackets<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Jason:<BR><BR>How do you use 3/8" hardware to attach a bell box to a
module mounting rail? Could you share a picture of your typical
practice?<BR><BR>The standard bell box has small, flimsy tabs to be installed on
opposite corners of the box. Only one of these tabs would line up with the
slot in the rail and the tab is too small to drill a 3/8" diameter hole.
(We have drilled a hole in the back of these boxes and used hardware with
neoprene washers, but this takes up valuable volume inside the box and is
generally not a preferred method. More importantly, this would not allow
the box to be mounted across the end of the rail, a most advantageous
position.)<BR><BR>You may not be aware that the brackets depicted have holes to
allow 8/32 machine screws in each of the 4 corners of the back of the bell box,
making a very secure connection. The bracket allows mounting a box across
the end of the rail opens many possibilities for conduit routing. A lot of
thought went into the design of these brackets and it is too bad they are no
longer made. Do you have any spares you did not use?<BR><BR>William
Miller<BR><BR><BR>At 07:29 AM 12/18/2011, you wrote:<BR>
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multipart/alternative;<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CCBD99.DAC6A840"<BR><BR>Why
not just use 3/8� hardware in the rail channel to attach the junction box?
Especially if your AHJ allows you to bury the junction box under a module,
this works and looks great. Otherwise, just extend the rail outside the last
module and attach the box there. I never saw the point of the
bracket.<BR> <BR>Jason Szumlanski<BR>Fafco Solar
<BR> <BR> <BR><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[<A href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org"
eudora="autourl">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</A>] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>JRQ<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 17, 2011 1:21
PM<BR><B>To:</B> RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase
J-box brackets<BR> <BR>William,<BR> <BR>I actually prefer to use
Unirac L-brackets for mounting J-boxes. Sometimes I'll use the Enphase one
because it comes with the Enphase whip (and therefore I save paying $2.75 on
an extra L-bracket). However, I find the L-brackets to be sturdier and less
visible.<BR> <BR>Jeffrey Quackenbush<BR>NABCEP-certified PV
installer<BR>Ninja Solar<BR> <BR>
<DIV align=center><BR></DIV><B>From:</B> William Miller
<william@millersolar.com><BR><B>To:</B> RE-wrenches
<re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December
17, 2011 11:33 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> [RE-wrenches] Enphase J-box
brackets<BR><BR>Friends:<BR><BR>Enphase has changed the design of the brackets
they provide to support a j-box. This is a problem because the new ones
are inferior for these reasons:<BR>1. They do not have a hole adjacent to the
back of a mounted box (to the best of our knowledge). This hole allows
for the use of the back hub in a standard "bell" box.<BR>2. They can not be
mounted offset (to see the benefits and application browse to:<BR><A
href="http://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/practices/Technical_Procedures/micro-inverter_wiring/_micro-inverter-wiring.html"
eudora="autourl">http://millersolar.com/MillerSolar/practices/Technical_Procedures/micro-inverter_wiring/_micro-inverter-wiring.html</A><BR>3.
They do not accommodate one and two gang bell boxes.<BR><BR>I'd like to buy a
quantity of these brackets. A jpg depiction is attached. Does
anyone have surplus?<BR><BR>Does anyone else miss these enough to write
Enphase and ask that they be reinstated into the catalog?<BR><BR>Thanks in
advance.<BR><BR>William Miller<BR><BR><BR>Miller Solar<BR>Voice
:805-438-5600<BR>email: <A
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