Things that Work! Home Power tests Backwoods Solar's PV Rack The Rack This rack is made of 1/8 inch thick aluminum angle stock. The rack rails are 60 inches long and accept either 3 @ Kyocera or 4 @ ARCO PV panels. The rack is supplied with stainless steel hardware. The rack's feet swivel to mount on roofs, walls and decks. The user supplies the hardware to attach the feet to the mounting surface. There are three adjustment positions predrilled on the rack. The user can easily drill more holes as needed. Mounting the Rack I assembled the rack on the ground, using the hardware supplied. The assembly instructions are OK, but really not needed. Rack assembly is obvious. It was lightweight enough that I could carry it up the ladder to the roof with 2 modules mounted. Since my trailer already faces south, it was no problem to face the rack dead south. I spread the legs and bolted down the feet. I used 3/8" lag bolts (2.5 inches long) & washers, all generously buttered with silicone sealer, to bolt the rack to the trailer roof. Assembly and mounting took less than a half hour. Rack Performance I've had the rack up for six months now, through what the old timers tell me was a brutal winter. It was below 10¡F. for six weeks running with high (30 to 70 MPH) winds. The racks still there. So are all my expensive PVs. At one point last winter there was three feet of snow in the yard. The 45¡ angle of the rack shed the snow on buildups around 1.5 feet. Rack Cost & Conclusion The predrilled rack costs $82 delivered. Backwoods Solar offers a drill-your-own rack for $72 delivered. Considering my rack holds over a thousand bucks worth of PVs, less than a hundred bucks seems like cheap insurance. It works. Contact Backwoods Solar Electric Systems, 8530 Rapid Lightning Rd., Sandpoint, ID 83864 or call 208-263-4290. JP