The Vortex Panel Kit
Includes the necessary parts required to connect solar pool heater panels together, and mount them onto various roof surfaces types [shingle, wood shake, metal, and tile], or ground rack system.
Mounting directly to the ground is possible, and requires several additional specialized hardware components [call for information].
One Vortex Panel Kit is also required each time a Row Kit, Split Kit, or Double Row Kit is used.
A typical solar panel roof kit should look like the diagram below when finished. It may vary based on the actual layout.
Panel Kit includes:
- 2 - 1.5"x3" Rubber Couplings; used for connecting the panel headers together in a series
- 5 - #32 Stainless Steel Hose Clamps; used for sealing Rubber Couplings to panel headers
- 4 - Header/Strap Stainless Steel Clips; used for fastening panel and strap to roof or rack
- 4 - #14 1/4"x1.5" 3/8" Hex Head Stainless Steel Screws; † used for fastening Stainless Steel Clips to roof
†Concrete Tile or Wood/Metal Rack applications include:
Appropriate screws will be substituted for each kits standard Stainless Steel Screws described above - based on customer requirements that are chosen in dropdown selection box at top of this page entitled "System Hardware Kit/applications"
- #14 - 1/4" x 2" - 3/8" Hex Head Stainless Steel Screws; standard kit screws used for Shingle, Metal, Modified or Rolled Roofs, or Pressure Treated Wood Frame Racks
- #14 - 1/4" x 1 1/4" - 5/16" Tapcon Hex Head Screws; substitute screws used for Barrel or Flat Concrete Tile, or Concrete Roofs
- #14 - 1/4" x 1" - 7/16" Hex Head Bolts and Locking Nuts; substitute screws used for Aluminum or Steel Metal Frame Racks
Note: Vortex Panel Kits can be used on most other brands of solar panels equipped with 1.5" I.D. headers.
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