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Fisherguy
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Jul 28, 2015

Solar panels, how high should they be above the roof

Hope to mount my panels this weekend, making brackets out of aluminium angle, how high should they be above the rubber roof? Most commercial brackets seem to have them 1" high, would 2" be better, he...
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RJsfishin
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Jul 28, 2015
Another way to go is w/ a 1/4" x 1" alum flat bar 3" long, pop riveted to the inside of the panel all 4 corners. Then those get drilled and tapped 1/4-20 for the plastic knobs bought at any good hardware.

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