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westend
Dec 29, 2013Explorer
JiminDenver wrote:Yeah, Jim, the longest leg length is 20 1/2" and, I dunno' if that would allow enough length to support the module without a tip-over hazard. For a portable tilt mechanism, the design is OK.
You may have to add to that HF holder, it is intended for a 15w panel.
If the OP was thinking of using a module as portable and, later, installing it, it may be better to just a build a good one out of aluminum, initially. I think many of the big box stores sell enough different aluminum profiles to get the job done. I buy most metal at Discount Steel, they have a yard close to me. I buy some aluminum by the pound from their fabrication shop, off-cuts from building their customer projects.
Here's my four-way tilter for project ideas:

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