Medic6340
New Member
Hello all, first off, what an amazing amount of information on here! Secondly, about me, I am in the planning/ordering stage of my solar system, but am struggling with the mount selection. I am located in New Brunswick Canada, and am doing a 16kW grid tied (net metering) ground mount system. I am on 20+ acres, with zero shade issues, neighbour issues and will be DIYing the mounts, panel mounting, trenching etc.
The current design is 32 x 570W Bifacial panels with Quadruple microinverters, the supplier (Solar Power Store) has spec’d out 8 Maple Leaf Canada 4 Panel Goose adjustable ground mounts. My issues are the size of the field, and the foundation requirement.
The array will be 2 rows 60’ long and 25’ apart, which in effect makes it 45’x62’ space. The foundations for each of these mounts are 3 rebar reinforced concrete 20” diameter x 60” deep piers, so a total of 24 piers. The price for the foundations alone is well over the price of the ground mounts themselves.
I however, like the reviews etc of the Sinclair Sky-Rack, and the 32 panel rack only has 4 posts, and since I highly doubt I can find someone with a pounder anywhere near me, if I just plan on the 4 concrete foundations of 24” diameter x 60” depth it will still save me thousands of dollars. Also worth noting is the orientation of 2x16 panels, the Sinclair rack will also only be a 16x60 array, but obviously taller than the Maple Leaf mounts.
Has anyone had any experience with these specific mounts, and am I missing something while picking between these 2 mounts?
The current design is 32 x 570W Bifacial panels with Quadruple microinverters, the supplier (Solar Power Store) has spec’d out 8 Maple Leaf Canada 4 Panel Goose adjustable ground mounts. My issues are the size of the field, and the foundation requirement.
The array will be 2 rows 60’ long and 25’ apart, which in effect makes it 45’x62’ space. The foundations for each of these mounts are 3 rebar reinforced concrete 20” diameter x 60” deep piers, so a total of 24 piers. The price for the foundations alone is well over the price of the ground mounts themselves.
I however, like the reviews etc of the Sinclair Sky-Rack, and the 32 panel rack only has 4 posts, and since I highly doubt I can find someone with a pounder anywhere near me, if I just plan on the 4 concrete foundations of 24” diameter x 60” depth it will still save me thousands of dollars. Also worth noting is the orientation of 2x16 panels, the Sinclair rack will also only be a 16x60 array, but obviously taller than the Maple Leaf mounts.
Has anyone had any experience with these specific mounts, and am I missing something while picking between these 2 mounts?
