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Ray, Thanks for the clarification on the photo. Years ago Solar World stopped making modules with the metal strip on the frame for back mounting; folks complained and they brought back the provision for back mounting. But as you say the frames are very thin these days and the module area is

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That's just distortion in the image, from when I zoomed and cropped it.  Its module frame direct to the 2" angle aluminum support rail. Nothing in between.  High winds ripped two other modules completely off the rack leaving all the hardware still attached with a bit of module frame still

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Ray, It appears that there is something between the module frame and rail that may have introduced the frame crack. Perhaps as it was tightened, and not due to the wind. What is the light material that looks like it is sandwiched between the module and rail? Kent Osterberg On 3/8/2024 4:23

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In my experience, trackers have never made sense in off grid residential applications. In general terms, an expensive dual-axis Wattsun tracker offers a ~35% potential increase in daily solar gain around the summer solstice, and only a 10-15% gain in winter, due to seasonal sunpath variation. Any

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Adding in my vote for MT Solar. Quality product, quality customer service. I saw someone mention Wattsun as well but their product is trackers not simply pole mounts. They too have superb customer service but not for static racking. - Sam OnSite Energy, Inc. Bozeman, MT

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Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 4:28 PM To: RE-wrenches Cc: Dave Tedeyan Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] TPM Search Another one out there that is worth looking at is MT Solar. Cheers, Dave On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 5:51 PM Kent via RE-wrenches mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > wrote: Jeremy,

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Here's another mount at the edge of failure, from the same system. Hardware is tight.  Like many, I had lots of love for good ol' fashion bottom mounting vs top mount, until this happened about 5 years ago. This is how we learn. On 3/8/2024 5:15 PM, Ray Walters via RE-wrenches wrote: I've

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I've had several modules pull off of bottom mount racking in high winds, but never top mount racking.  Newer modules have much thinner frames, but are much more surface area than the old days. So to answer Kent's question: Ray Walters Remote Solar On 3/8/2024 3:50 PM, Kent via RE-wrenches

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MT Solar is very much in business. Anyone going to the NABCEP Conference later this month? They're at booth #34. Hope to see some of you there, I'll be around booth 38 and registration most of the time. Roy Butler Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC 8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807 607-324-9747

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Spendy for the right client, Jeff and Kyle still support/sell the best trackers out there. https://www.wattsun.com/ Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" [2]https://offgridsolar1.com/ [3] [2] e-mail offgridso...@sti.net text 209 813 0060 On 2024-03-08 3:27 pm, Dave

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Another one out there that is worth looking at is MT Solar. Cheers, Dave On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 5:51 PM Kent via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Jeremy, > > I think the Solar RacksWorks TPMs are virtually identical to the DPW TPMs. > My go to TPM is General Specialties >

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Jeremy, I think the Solar RacksWorks TPMs are virtually identical to the DPW TPMs. My go to TPM is General Specialties ; They are a solid design and I think they are easier to assemble. They also have UL listed TPMs but they have top mounting clamps,

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sender by replying to this email, and destroy all copies of the original message. From: RE-wrenches on behalf of Nathan J. Stumpff via RE-wrenches Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 2:40:20 PM To: RE-wrenches Cc: Nathan J. Stumpff Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] TPM

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It’s been a few years since I bought these but it looks like they are still going, I always thought it was a good product when I bought in the past: https://www.mtsolar.us/ Cheers, -Nathan On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 2:31 PM Jeremy Rodriguez via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>

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-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Rodriguez via RE-wrenches Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 2:31 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Cc: Jeremy Rodriguez Subject: [RE-wrenches] TPM Search With news that PLP has dropped the TPM line, what are you all

[RE-wrenches] TPM Search

With news that PLP has dropped the TPM line, what are you all recommending for a good mount for up to 8 modules , 400 w range. I looked in the archives, but no luck. I thought there was someone formerly at DPW that was making them. Jeremy Rodriguez Solar Installation / Design All Solar, Inc.