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Budget racking option: metal fence

I'm going to have the same grass condition for a bit. Between going to mount them on the roof of this or that and moving them all over the place getting ready I finally just grabbed them and moved them to the backyard laying on the ground :)

If the 450 watt panels I ordered work out being what I'm going with from now on I will build a frame for them. They are for sure staying in the backyard/field. I'm to old to do roof mounting anyways....
 
Would you post a link to those 450’s you found?

This the thread I made on them :


I put the link and info about them in that.
 
Just saw this article posted:

Would be fun to see how many sun hours I could collect in a day during summer versus winter.

I suppose it's good if you have piles of used panels and lots of fences. But I would still prefer laying them flat on the ground with a steel tether.
I have 4 old panels and now a spare CC as well and I was thinking about doing this along my back fence. It's wooden and behind a tree with tons of shade in the summer but later in the afternoon there is some sun, and in winter it gets some direct sun with all the leaves being gone from the tree. Probably not ideal but it might add some extra power anyways.
 
Nice that the plastic containers nest one inside the other for transport.
Would be good if these were taller, to keep the lower edge up higher off the ground for grass/plans bit of snow perhaps. They look low maintainence once installed and filled.
 
Hard to believe the wind will get at those. I’d be tempted to leave empty. Or throw some water jugs in there.
 
I am tempted to just use some sacks of sand.
Since these are protected from wind by the house, you might be able to do that!
Connect them one to the next with bulkhead fittings, fill them with water, small pump from first one to the last one, and set up you very first Solar Shaded Tank Aquaculture Fish Pond...ok the tanks are too small, but IBC 's with these attched on top could work...and the water is the ballast.
 

This is the newest budget-friendly racking solution I just installed on my house.
I'm in PA and I looked into getting these. Unfortunately, the shipping was 3 times the cost of the item ?. I contacted the company and there are no local warehouses either...
 
I'm in PA and I looked into getting these. Unfortunately, the shipping was 3 times the cost of the item ?. I contacted the company and there are no local warehouses either...

How much?

One unit, I could see that. Stack of 20 or 40 on a pallet, ought to be a few hundred shipping.
I saw quotes ranging from $8000 down to $400 for one 1300# pallet coming out of Canada.
 
How much?

One unit, I could see that. Stack of 20 or 40 on a pallet, ought to be a few hundred shipping.
I saw quotes ranging from $8000 down to $400 for one 1300# pallet coming out of Canada.
Your right. I should have clarified... I was only looking to get 3 of these for a couple of panels
 
Yeah, the are big so they have to ship by freight. Across the board, it costs about the same to send 1 on a pallet as 20...this is why if they are ordered with panels and we offer free shipping on the mount, because we can stack them on top of the wooden crate the panels are in
 
Better to ship panels with these mounts than without.
On account of reduced damage - no way to stack something on top of those plastic tubs, like they can with cardboard cone ;)





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Since these are protected from wind by the house, you might be able to do that!
Connect them one to the next with bulkhead fittings, fill them with water, small pump from first one to the last one, and set up you very first Solar Shaded Tank Aquaculture Fish Pond...ok the tanks are too small, but IBC 's with these attched on top could work...and the water is the ballast.
Sounds like a mosquito pond :)
 
Yeah, the are big so they have to ship by freight. Across the board, it costs about the same to send 1 on a pallet as 20...this is why if they are ordered with panels and we offer free shipping on the mount, because we can stack them on top of the wooden crate the panels are in
These wouldn't work for my setup but I really like the concept. I'm thinking they would be perfect for a couple of future projects. Now if they could get that sugar battery thing figured out we could put the sugar in the tubs then... nah, nevermind. :ROFLMAO:

Seriously, these look good. Nice job on the video.
 
I'm in PA and I looked into getting these. Unfortunately, the shipping was 3 times the cost of the item ?. I contacted the company and there are no local warehouses either...
You can get them from China, very cheap.
 

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