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Originally Posted by Daox
We would just screw the C channel to the sheet aluminum frame. This would allow us to use whatever end connections we want since we could drop the collector straight down.
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Any sort of complete circle still needs to fit around whatever size connectors we decide to use.
How about something like this?
Cut straight down, even with the two edges of the pipe hole. Two cuts of a tin-snips, that's it. Drop whatever pipe or connector we are using in there. Then cover it with a custom metal clip that holds the pipe in place. The clip can be held in with rivits or sheet metal screws. We could add a little caulk in there too.
That would let us use any sort of big coupler to go to the other panels, because they no longer have to fit through the hole. We can also eliminate all the rubber couplers, and use solid copper female-female couplers soldered in place. If we used couplers or disconnects to the other panels that were small enough to fit through the hole, we could just slide them through the one side, and then make two cuts and tabs on the other side to drop down there. Then we are only making half as many cuts and tabs.