Mounting Solar Panels

[cnk]

Would the fence not be too vertical? The pvc pipe sounds really good, but I wonder if we would have problems with the wind blowing it around. I'll have to give this idea to my husband.

[TheWags]

So how did the fence mounting work out? What is the panel framed by? What did you use to secure? I am attempting this project this weekend and need all the help I can get!

[prh129]

I'm planning on installing my solar heater this weekend. Originally I was against laying it on the ground but then I read in one of the other posts that one of the benefits to the ground is it heats up under the panel during the day and that heat continues to transfer to the panel after the sun goes down. This won't happen with a rack. I am going to make the stone border around the pool wide enough so that the panel can lay on top of the stone.

If you go to the fafco website, I think they have plans for building a rack if anyone needs them.

Peter

[NWMNMom]

Due to limited space and available sun, ours will be mounted on a rack system made from pvc and chicken wire (hubby's design) which will be mounted into the ground between some trees and the pool so that they start even with the top rail and go to a 30 degree angle away from the pool. They should receive full sun all day in that spot. Not the prettiest but should be space efficient and work well. We will plumb them so that all panels receive flow and return flow to the pool at about the same time rather than in a series receiving the heated water from the one before it. Diagram attached may be pretty small but we have a bigger one we can email out - we met our quota for attachments

[roxy]

Here is my rack, built from pressure treated plywood and 2x4's........