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Originally Posted by bennelson
The whole thing it too high right now.
I left the posts long, so that I could cut them down to a matching, level height.
That will be about 18" - 24" above the ground so that the solar collector stays out of the snow all winter.
Any taller than that, and the collector would start to block that window above it.
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I used to think that way too. Until last winter!
Looks like you put in a lot of hard work on those posts.
You should end up with very solid mounting system.
Those metal brackets on top, look like you are planing on being able to change the elevation.
I don't remember what your collector(s) look like, but if the array is tall,
it's going to be near upright in mid winter.
So, 18" might be the better height. You can do what I did. Shovel away the snow.
I actually dug pits in the snow, so that snow sliding off my panels would have some place to go..