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Glenn, Likewise I have picked up new solar panels LOCALLY and from believe it an Amish dealer. Even if they may not have been quite as cheap as some online, no shipping to worry about CASH N CARRY and the little barefoot bonneted Amish girls even loaded them in back of my truck yayyyyyyyy

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Picking up panels tomorrow. Inverters shipped out today. Fixing to get busy. Going to attempt to go down sewer vent. My inverters are 500 v Mppt input each. So split solar array in twos. 5 450watt panels per leg. 2 legs. Total of 10 panels

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https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-6-5k-off-grid-inverter-6500ex-48/. This is the inverters. They are all in one unit. Considering standard PV 10 awg cable. 

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What I am planning on is making my own brackets out of angle iron and flat bar for the end clamps. Mounting them across roof, not in line with roof length. I will be unable to put one in the middle so I intend to run a unistrut the length of the panels to catch the middle. I can run a bolt and washer in it for support. This will add some weight but unistruct not real heavy. Have racked my brain on this center support and best i can come up with. 

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Is the 500 voc input limit per mppt or combined?  Looks like amperage rating is combined but they don't specify on voltage making me think total, so potential of exceeding 500?

Uni strut going to be galvanized? Stainless steel is really expensive and I wouldn't use zinc it end up rusting. How bout that boxed aluminum channel, like 3/4 square tube probably lighter and cheaper than unistrut 

 

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It is 500v per unit. I could use box tube. Would have to put a well nut in it for the center bolt. Uni strut makes this very easy. Zinc coated uni strut should not rust. 

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Well, just got call to go back to work. Be nights so pick up panels today. This job should only be a few weeks but sevens days a week till finish. Will get back on this after job.

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Aluminum strut. Good enough for the solar panel frames, good enough to mount with. Galvanized WILL rust, no two ways about it. Use deep, not shallow, 1 5/8" vs. 1". A lot stiffer, both wise and torsionally.

I have been wrong before, I'll probably be wrong again. 

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Congrats keep us posted.

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I will. This quick Job that came up will stall me for a few weeks. But I will as soon as I can. Think I found a local steel dealer I can get aluminum uni strut from.

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https://houston.craigslist.org/ele/d/pearland-new-seraphim-450-watt-mono/7543611257.html.   These are the panels. Going to run two pairs of series. Run one to each inverter 

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8 hours ago, GlennWest said:

Knees really hurting

Knee replacement time? I have one that bothers me and seems to be getting worse but am in no herry to have surgery. I did get a shot in it once but the shot hurt like the devil and only helped for a month or so. 

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9 hours ago, GlennWest said:

Job ends tonight. My knees need to recouped before jumping on this project though. I may have to quit this shutdown work. Knees really hurting

My wife has had both knees replaced.  One 14 years ago and the other 4 years ago and is now 75.  She claims it was a great improvement in her life.  The initial work after surgery is not a lot of fun, but the pain meds made it possible.  She claims that it is a must to stay after the physical therapy and you will improve at a fast rate.  Miss the PT and things take longer to get back to normal.  Her surgeon told her that with good therapy she would be walking good in a few weeks, but to get back to near 100% it would be closer to a year.

She had limped for so long, she had to learn to walk normally again.

Good luck with the knees.

Ken

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I've had two knees and a shoulder replaced.  Two weeks of serious recouping is worth it to get rid of the before pains.  After two weeks you'll notice great improvements daily.  I hike and play pickleball effortlessly.  Putting it off isn't going to help.  The older you get it becomes more serious to have surgeries. They won't improve without replacement.  Go for it!

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8 hours ago, Kirk W said:

Knee replacement time? I have one that bothers me and seems to be getting worse but am in no herry to have surgery. I did get a shot in it once but the shot hurt like the devil and only helped for a month or so. 

My first shot was in the wrong place. My second doctor got it right, it didn't hurt while receiving it, and it let me travel through London's underground system without pain.

7 hours ago, TXiceman said:

My wife has had both knees replaced.  One 14 years ago and the other 4 years ago and is now 75.  She claims it was a great improvement in her life.  The initial work after surgery is not a lot of fun, but the pain meds made it possible.  She claims that it is a must to stay after the physical therapy and you will improve at a fast rate.  Miss the PT and things take longer to get back to normal.  Her surgeon told her that with good therapy she would be walking good in a few weeks, but to get back to near 100% it would be closer to a year.

She had limped for so long, she had to learn to walk normally again.

Good luck with the knees.

Ken

Doing all the therapy is important. I didn't get my knees fully straight and that has affected my ability to walk without lower back pain.

2 hours ago, 2gypsies said:

I've had two knees and a shoulder replaced.  Two weeks of serious recouping is worth it to get rid of the before pains.  After two weeks you'll notice great improvements daily.  I hike and play pickleball effortlessly.  Putting it off isn't going to help.  The older you get it becomes more serious to have surgeries. They won't improve without replacement.  Go for it!

The improvements are huge! I regained my ability to walk up and down stairs without pain.

I highly recommend doing this surgery to anyone who wants their pain to decrease instead of increase.

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Stairs are the worse. Ii still walk fine. Climbing scaffolds and crawling around them kill my knees. Right now just walking hurts but swollen and stiff. Will seek a doctor as soon as I am off this job. We are for all means finished. Should be tonight. I have never had a shot in my knee. 

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3 hours ago, GlennWest said:

 I have never had a shot in my knee. 

The shots aren't a cure.  You have to keep getting them and they don't work for everyone.  Hope you decide on replacement.  You'll be happy you did!

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