Friends:
We broke one hex head bolt in the middle of a rail before we learned a
valuable lesson: Always use anti-seize on any bolt you can't allow to break.
William Miller
At 07:42 AM 3/23/2011, you wrote:
Yes, the IronRidge slide in bolt on the top of the rail is a design flaw.
They should use drop in T-bolts, like Unirac. What happens when you break
one, after installing enphase micro's, and grounding lugs, etc. I've had
to cut the bolt off, and install an extra Unirac t-bolt. IronRidge needs
to seriously rethink that one. Other than that, I really like their
products, especially the dark bronze anodized rail. Looks great under dark
framed modules.
Mike Nelson
MD Electric & Solar
Gualala, Ca.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:34 AM,
<<mailto:d...@foxfire-energy.com>d...@foxfire-energy.com> wrote:
Yup.. I'm on board with the bolted vs clamp notion for this app.. I also
agree with a wider spacing for panel attachments...
As for racking manufacturers and design oopsies, anyone have anything
nice to say about Iron Ridge roof mounts? Personally, I kinda like the
rail design, but the slide in bolt set up seriously sucks.. or Am I
missing something.. again? db
Dan Brown
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