EG4 BrightMount Extension Rail Kit

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Discount Coupon code ($50 off $500): SAVE50TGBATG Extension Rail kit: https://signaturesolar.com/brightmount-extension-rail-kit/?ref=bkpkbxde Ground Mount kit: https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-brightmount-solar-panel-ground-mount-rack-kit-4-panel-ground-mount-adjustable-angle-pre-order/?ref=bkpkbxde - Above links are affiliate links to authorized retailer In this episode, we take a look at the Bright Mount extension rail kit from EG4. This kit is designed to extend the bright out rail system to allow for use of larger solar panels. If you have panels larger than 44 inches wide you need this extension kit to mount for panels to the bright mount rack system. It comes with two splicing rails, two jumpers and self tapping screws for installation. SKU:1511053-ERK Upgrade your system effortlessly! Now, you can extend the horizontal rails by an additional 5 inches, allowing for the seamless installation of solar panels up to 45 inches wide. One kit contains a pair of extension sets and one kit is required per BrightMount Rack #eg4 #solarpanels #energystorage

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splicing rail splicing rail extension splicing rail splicing rail extension splicing rail splicing rail extension rail another extension rail hey what's rail another extension rail hey what's rail another extension rail hey what's guys back to the channel to episode guys back to the channel to episode guys back to the channel to episode we're going to be talking about these we're going to be talking about these we're going to be talking about these these right here are pieces of aluminum these right here are pieces of aluminum these right here are pieces of aluminum that you get in the eg4 bright Mount that you get in the eg4 bright Mount that you get in the eg4 bright Mount extension kit okay so if you don't know extension kit okay so if you don't know extension kit okay so if you don't know the eg4 bright Mount uh system is is the eg4 bright Mount uh system is is the eg4 bright Mount uh system is is pretty much a ground Mount system you pretty much a ground Mount system you pretty much a ground Mount system you can use to mount solar panels on the can use to mount solar panels on the can use to mount solar panels on the system or on on the aluminum rails right system or on on the aluminum rails right system or on on the aluminum rails right uh but this right here is an extension uh but this right here is an extension uh but this right here is an extension kit and you may not need this or you may kit and you may not need this or you may kit and you may not need this or you may need this right depending on your solar need this right depending on your solar need this right depending on your solar panel sizes okay so for me I'm using 495 panel sizes okay so for me I'm using 495 panel sizes okay so for me I'm using 495 wat Helen panels and those panels are wat Helen panels and those panels are wat Helen panels and those panels are like roughly around like 44 and like 3/4 like roughly around like 44 and like 3/4 like roughly around like 44 and like 3/4 of an inch something like that right so of an inch something like that right so of an inch something like that right so if you look at the specs of the system if you look at the specs of the system if you look at the specs of the system or of the bright Mount system you can or of the bright Mount system you can or of the bright Mount system you can kind of tell you can mount four panels kind of tell you can mount four panels kind of tell you can mount four panels that are less than about 42 to 43 in or that are less than about 42 to 43 in or that are less than about 42 to 43 in or something like that well see if we can something like that well see if we can something like that well see if we can throw a picture of it of the throw a picture of it of the throw a picture of it of the instructions or whatnot but for my case instructions or whatnot but for my case instructions or whatnot but for my case I'm I have a 45 in panels so you need an I'm I have a 45 in panels so you need an I'm I have a 45 in panels so you need an extension kit and that's pretty much extension kit and that's pretty much extension kit and that's pretty much what this is okay so uh technically what this is okay so uh technically what this is okay so uh technically speaking I right now at this current speaking I right now at this current speaking I right now at this current point in time have four panels mounted point in time have four panels mounted point in time have four panels mounted on the bright Mount rack system um I do on the bright Mount rack system um I do on the bright Mount rack system um I do not recommend you do it that way mainly not recommend you do it that way mainly not recommend you do it that way mainly because I have each panel on each side because I have each panel on each side because I have each panel on each side hanging off may be only caught by like a hanging off may be only caught by like a hanging off may be only caught by like a half an inch right so they're not really half an inch right so they're not really half an inch right so they're not really secured you you can secure them don't secured you you can secure them don't secured you you can secure them don't get me wrong without buying this uh but get me wrong without buying this uh but get me wrong without buying this uh but not officially and not let's just say not officially and not let's just say not officially and not let's just say structurally sound okay but it can be structurally sound okay but it can be structurally sound okay but it can be done cuz that's how I have it right now done cuz that's how I have it right now done cuz that's how I have it right now but we did buy this system and let's go but we did buy this system and let's go but we did buy this system and let's go ahead and figure out you know how you're ahead and figure out you know how you're ahead and figure out you know how you're supposed to use this system first thing supposed to use this system first thing supposed to use this system first thing I will say is that when you buy this I will say is that when you buy this I will say is that when you buy this system this is obviously the components system this is obviously the components system this is obviously the components that you get will look into it right but that you get will look into it right but that you get will look into it right but uh from what I could tell the best place uh from what I could tell the best place uh from what I could tell the best place to put this extension kit is between the to put this extension kit is between the to put this extension kit is between the two sets of rails okay so you can Tech two sets of rails okay so you can Tech two sets of rails okay so you can Tech techically um if you've already mounted techically um if you've already mounted techically um if you've already mounted your solar panels you can just add this your solar panels you can just add this your solar panels you can just add this on to the end of one side right but I on to the end of one side right but I on to the end of one side right but I think the best place to put it to be you think the best place to put it to be you think the best place to put it to be you know the most structurally sound or you know the most structurally sound or you know the most structurally sound or you know probably stiffen it up or what not know probably stiffen it up or what not know probably stiffen it up or what not it's probably going to be in the middle it's probably going to be in the middle it's probably going to be in the middle of both uh uh kits so that you kind of of both uh uh kits so that you kind of of both uh uh kits so that you kind of you know extends it out right so like I you know extends it out right so like I you know extends it out right so like I said depending on which way you put it said depending on which way you put it said depending on which way you put it it may or may not really matter it it may or may not really matter it it may or may not really matter it probably won't really matter cuz the probably won't really matter cuz the probably won't really matter cuz the structurally is probably going to be the structurally is probably going to be the structurally is probably going to be the same but I like the idea of putting in same but I like the idea of putting in same but I like the idea of putting in middle so I'm going to go ahead and do middle so I'm going to go ahead and do middle so I'm going to go ahead and do that mainly because this splash ing rail that mainly because this splash ing rail that mainly because this splash ing rail being in between you know all of this if being in between you know all of this if being in between you know all of this if you look at it this way between both you look at it this way between both you look at it this way between both will actually stiffen up the entire will actually stiffen up the entire will actually stiffen up the entire system right so that's my opinion we'll system right so that's my opinion we'll system right so that's my opinion we'll go ahead and look at these components go ahead and look at these components go ahead and look at these components more in detail and then take a look at more in detail and then take a look at more in detail and then take a look at the instructions so let's get to the instructions so let's get to the instructions so let's get to it so let's take a look at what you get it so let's take a look at what you get it so let's take a look at what you get right you get two of these Hollow tube right you get two of these Hollow tube right you get two of these Hollow tube rails and these look like they're rails and these look like they're rails and these look like they're designed to go inside the racking uh uh designed to go inside the racking uh uh designed to go inside the racking uh uh rail right so there's two of those rail right so there's two of those rail right so there's two of those equally uh length and there's two of equally uh length and there's two of equally uh length and there's two of these and you get you know all these these and you get you know all these these and you get you know all these self-tapping screws so let's go ahead self-tapping screws so let's go ahead self-tapping screws so let's go ahead and see pretty much what the length of and see pretty much what the length of and see pretty much what the length of these are so you take a look at these these are so you take a look at these these are so you take a look at these inner rails they're roughly about 13 and inner rails they're roughly about 13 and inner rails they're roughly about 13 and 3/4 right 13 and 3/4 and you look at 3/4 right 13 and 3/4 and you look at 3/4 right 13 and 3/4 and you look at this rail each one appears to be roughly this rail each one appears to be roughly this rail each one appears to be roughly about 5 and an e right so if you have about 5 and an e right so if you have about 5 and an e right so if you have two of these at 5 and an eth all right two of these at 5 and an eth all right two of these at 5 and an eth all right you can technically stack these this way you can technically stack these this way you can technically stack these this way the longer way make them a bit longer the longer way make them a bit longer the longer way make them a bit longer right and you can do this right maybe right and you can do this right maybe right and you can do this right maybe about 10 and A4 okay so a 10 and A4 uh about 10 and A4 okay so a 10 and A4 uh about 10 and A4 okay so a 10 and A4 uh slicing pretty much using the splicing slicing pretty much using the splicing slicing pretty much using the splicing real about 13 and 3/4 it'll probably real about 13 and 3/4 it'll probably real about 13 and 3/4 it'll probably give you a good enough uh length to put give you a good enough uh length to put give you a good enough uh length to put all the system on there right all the all the system on there right all the all the system on there right all the panels but like I said we're going to panels but like I said we're going to panels but like I said we're going to have to figure out how that goes so this have to figure out how that goes so this have to figure out how that goes so this right here is the solar panel mounting right here is the solar panel mounting right here is the solar panel mounting uh rail that sits where you mount the uh rail that sits where you mount the uh rail that sits where you mount the solar panels and I believe the way that solar panels and I believe the way that solar panels and I believe the way that these are supposed or designed to work these are supposed or designed to work these are supposed or designed to work is that you know if you put this in is that you know if you put this in is that you know if you put this in between here cuz this is the exact same between here cuz this is the exact same between here cuz this is the exact same piece that's on there right so it's just piece that's on there right so it's just piece that's on there right so it's just a smaller piece of it so if you have a smaller piece of it so if you have a smaller piece of it so if you have this side here you put this side here this side here you put this side here this side here you put this side here right and you can put the other side right and you can put the other side right and you can put the other side mount uh rail here on the default side mount uh rail here on the default side mount uh rail here on the default side it extends this side out maybe about it extends this side out maybe about it extends this side out maybe about let's just say what is it like five and let's just say what is it like five and let's just say what is it like five and a quarter or 5 and an e or whatever it a quarter or 5 and an e or whatever it a quarter or 5 and an e or whatever it was right so if you take a look at it was right so if you take a look at it was right so if you take a look at it extends it out maybe about 5 and an e extends it out maybe about 5 and an e extends it out maybe about 5 and an e right so assuming you do this on each right so assuming you do this on each right so assuming you do this on each side right right you kind of Mount each side right right you kind of Mount each side right right you kind of Mount each side uh this way right you've extended side uh this way right you've extended side uh this way right you've extended each side out to do that so I don't know each side out to do that so I don't know each side out to do that so I don't know if that's the best way to do it or you if that's the best way to do it or you if that's the best way to do it or you just maybe put one like this right in just maybe put one like this right in just maybe put one like this right in the the the middle uh between both rails that may be middle uh between both rails that may be middle uh between both rails that may be better we're going to have to see how better we're going to have to see how better we're going to have to see how that goes um like I said mine I have that goes um like I said mine I have that goes um like I said mine I have each one mounted even without the each one mounted even without the each one mounted even without the extension kit so I have the panel extension kit so I have the panel extension kit so I have the panel hanging off about this much right so hanging off about this much right so hanging off about this much right so even if I put this on there even with even if I put this on there even with even if I put this on there even with the current way that it's mounted it'll the current way that it's mounted it'll the current way that it's mounted it'll be more than enough right just being in be more than enough right just being in be more than enough right just being in the middle right but if for whatever the middle right but if for whatever the middle right but if for whatever reason you wanted to extend your uh rail reason you wanted to extend your uh rail reason you wanted to extend your uh rail out as much as possible because let's out as much as possible because let's out as much as possible because let's just say you had like I don't know 60in just say you had like I don't know 60in just say you had like I don't know 60in panels or whatnot in width you panels or whatnot in width you panels or whatnot in width you technically right could only Mount this technically right could only Mount this technically right could only Mount this on the left side like this way right on the left side like this way right on the left side like this way right here right and then use this extension here right and then use this extension here right and then use this extension to mount it out this far right so I to mount it out this far right so I to mount it out this far right so I obviously wouldn't recommend doing that obviously wouldn't recommend doing that obviously wouldn't recommend doing that but you know cuz this has a little bit but you know cuz this has a little bit but you know cuz this has a little bit of play to it as you can tell but you of play to it as you can tell but you of play to it as you can tell but you know if you secure them in with the self know if you secure them in with the self know if you secure them in with the self tapping screws probably won't be a tapping screws probably won't be a tapping screws probably won't be a problem but like I said it can be done problem but like I said it can be done problem but like I said it can be done these right here are the end clips and I these right here are the end clips and I these right here are the end clips and I want to emphasize there's four of each want to emphasize there's four of each want to emphasize there's four of each one okay meaning there's four of these one okay meaning there's four of these one okay meaning there's four of these and four of these so depending on your and four of these so depending on your and four of these so depending on your solar panel you know uh thickness you're solar panel you know uh thickness you're solar panel you know uh thickness you're going to need to figure out which one going to need to figure out which one going to need to figure out which one you want to use right so there's four of you want to use right so there's four of you want to use right so there's four of them mainly because you use two on each them mainly because you use two on each them mainly because you use two on each side at the end of the BR Mount system side at the end of the BR Mount system side at the end of the BR Mount system so it makes sense to be four so this one so it makes sense to be four so this one so it makes sense to be four so this one which is the biggest one here that which is the biggest one here that which is the biggest one here that ranges here you can get maybe about 1 ranges here you can get maybe about 1 ranges here you can get maybe about 1 and 1/2 in right but if you want to and 1/2 in right but if you want to and 1/2 in right but if you want to account for where it actually mounts account for where it actually mounts account for where it actually mounts on the rail right here right so this is on the rail right here right so this is on the rail right here right so this is the cross-section of the rail you put the cross-section of the rail you put the cross-section of the rail you put this in here and you can get a little this in here and you can get a little this in here and you can get a little bit more in there right um I don't bit more in there right um I don't bit more in there right um I don't recommend extending it all this much recommend extending it all this much recommend extending it all this much right cuz that's you know you're not right cuz that's you know you're not right cuz that's you know you're not giving too much biting room right there giving too much biting room right there giving too much biting room right there but you technically could make this but you technically could make this but you technically could make this happen in case you know this your solar happen in case you know this your solar happen in case you know this your solar panels are like super thick right so panels are like super thick right so panels are like super thick right so let's go see what that really looks like let's go see what that really looks like let's go see what that really looks like if you take this and you go from the top if you take this and you go from the top if you take this and you go from the top of the clip to the bottom here you can of the clip to the bottom here you can of the clip to the bottom here you can get maybe about you know 1 and 3/4 right get maybe about you know 1 and 3/4 right get maybe about you know 1 and 3/4 right uh 3/4 is the max 1 and 3/4 probably uh 3/4 is the max 1 and 3/4 probably uh 3/4 is the max 1 and 3/4 probably about the maximum thickness you're going about the maximum thickness you're going about the maximum thickness you're going to be able to get on a solar panel to be able to get on a solar panel to be able to get on a solar panel Mountain on this system right and this Mountain on this system right and this Mountain on this system right and this one here same difference right cuz this one here same difference right cuz this one here same difference right cuz this one mounts in this one mounts in this one mounts in this way right and you could use it this way way right and you could use it this way way right and you could use it this way so you can get a little bit more here if so you can get a little bit more here if so you can get a little bit more here if you take a look at the cross-section you take a look at the cross-section you take a look at the cross-section here let's see right how much do you get here let's see right how much do you get here let's see right how much do you get there so this you can get from Top here there so this you can get from Top here there so this you can get from Top here to the bottom here which is maybe about to the bottom here which is maybe about to the bottom here which is maybe about one and a half all right one and a half all right one and a half all right um if you play it pretty well so you um if you play it pretty well so you um if you play it pretty well so you know I was looking at this thinking huh know I was looking at this thinking huh know I was looking at this thinking huh that's interesting that they have a hole that's interesting that they have a hole that's interesting that they have a hole right here why do they do that that's right here why do they do that that's right here why do they do that that's mainly because this is what I would call mainly because this is what I would call mainly because this is what I would call combination clamp as you can see right combination clamp as you can see right combination clamp as you can see right here there's a thickness here right and here there's a thickness here right and here there's a thickness here right and that one may be too small so but there's that one may be too small so but there's that one may be too small so but there's a little bit medium here so if you want a little bit medium here so if you want a little bit medium here so if you want to look at this way here's a small to look at this way here's a small to look at this way here's a small here's a medium and then you know here's here's a medium and then you know here's here's a medium and then you know here's the large so in order to use it the the large so in order to use it the the large so in order to use it the other way the medium way right you want other way the medium way right you want other way the medium way right you want to take this off the hole here go down to take this off the hole here go down to take this off the hole here go down this way put it this way and you can put this way put it this way and you can put this way put it this way and you can put it in here right so then this is how you it in here right so then this is how you it in here right so then this is how you use the medium thickness end clamp let's use the medium thickness end clamp let's use the medium thickness end clamp let's see if I can get this thing screwed on see if I can get this thing screwed on see if I can get this thing screwed on there Che this out right so let's just there Che this out right so let's just there Che this out right so let's just say we have it screwed in maybe about say we have it screwed in maybe about say we have it screwed in maybe about here right so you can get on this here right so you can get on this here right so you can get on this clamp top to here maybe also about 1 and clamp top to here maybe also about 1 and clamp top to here maybe also about 1 and a half right 1 and 38 probably ideal a half right 1 and 38 probably ideal a half right 1 and 38 probably ideal right so if you want to look at the right so if you want to look at the right so if you want to look at the thickness of this clamp here that's thickness of this clamp here that's thickness of this clamp here that's about roughly Maybe what is that like 15 about roughly Maybe what is that like 15 about roughly Maybe what is that like 15 16 right right there of this one here 16 right right there of this one here 16 right right there of this one here the smaller one here is definitely a lot the smaller one here is definitely a lot the smaller one here is definitely a lot smaller so if you look at it this way smaller so if you look at it this way smaller so if you look at it this way you can see you're getting you can see you're getting you can see you're getting maybe about 3/4 right if you look at maybe about 3/4 right if you look at maybe about 3/4 right if you look at this one here it's about 1 and 1/2 right this one here it's about 1 and 1/2 right this one here it's about 1 and 1/2 right so like I said uh there's three so like I said uh there's three so like I said uh there's three different size clamps so the interesting different size clamps so the interesting different size clamps so the interesting thing I want to point out here is this thing I want to point out here is this thing I want to point out here is this combination clamp because I didn't combination clamp because I didn't combination clamp because I didn't notice it at first but then I was trying notice it at first but then I was trying notice it at first but then I was trying to find one that actually worked for my to find one that actually worked for my to find one that actually worked for my panels none of these fit right so I was panels none of these fit right so I was panels none of these fit right so I was like huh I thought that was supposed to like huh I thought that was supposed to like huh I thought that was supposed to be three sizes so I figured out this one be three sizes so I figured out this one be three sizes so I figured out this one is actually the combination clamp that is actually the combination clamp that is actually the combination clamp that comes with it right so depending on what comes with it right so depending on what comes with it right so depending on what size you need just take the uh bolts off size you need just take the uh bolts off size you need just take the uh bolts off and put it on the other hole so this right here here is a splice so this right here here is a splice so this right here here is a splice jumper or the bonding jumper right so jumper or the bonding jumper right so jumper or the bonding jumper right so what it does is it slides between these what it does is it slides between these what it does is it slides between these two rails so this rail piece here and two rails so this rail piece here and two rails so this rail piece here and the rail piece back here and it like the rail piece back here and it like the rail piece back here and it like electrically connects and also electrically connects and also electrically connects and also physically connects the two splices physically connects the two splices physically connects the two splices together right so it splices the two together right so it splices the two together right so it splices the two rails together it kind of slides in one rails together it kind of slides in one rails together it kind of slides in one way right uh with this uh Channel grip way right uh with this uh Channel grip way right uh with this uh Channel grip and then you put these together these and then you put these together these and then you put these together these little metal Clips here are what's little metal Clips here are what's little metal Clips here are what's supposed to bite into to the coating supposed to bite into to the coating supposed to bite into to the coating right so it's got spikes on them so they right so it's got spikes on them so they right so it's got spikes on them so they bite into the coating that's on the bite into the coating that's on the bite into the coating that's on the aluminum so that it actually gets a good aluminum so that it actually gets a good aluminum so that it actually gets a good electrical connection right so on both electrical connection right so on both electrical connection right so on both sides that's how these two rails are sides that's how these two rails are sides that's how these two rails are bonded together electrically this is the bonded together electrically this is the bonded together electrically this is the extension kit so the extension kit comes extension kit so the extension kit comes extension kit so the extension kit comes with two so here's one here and then the with two so here's one here and then the with two so here's one here and then the other one is down there and as you can other one is down there and as you can other one is down there and as you can see I did not use the self taing screws see I did not use the self taing screws see I did not use the self taing screws that came with the kit mainly because I that came with the kit mainly because I that came with the kit mainly because I could not find a nut driver that fit could not find a nut driver that fit could not find a nut driver that fit them mainly because the heads on those them mainly because the heads on those them mainly because the heads on those nuts or those uh nut uh self tappers nuts or those uh nut uh self tappers nuts or those uh nut uh self tappers were some like metric size that I just were some like metric size that I just were some like metric size that I just could not find easily I'm sure I have could not find easily I'm sure I have could not find easily I'm sure I have like a few laying arounds somewhere I like a few laying arounds somewhere I like a few laying arounds somewhere I just couldn't find it so I just used the just couldn't find it so I just used the just couldn't find it so I just used the self tapping screws that I had and I self tapping screws that I had and I self tapping screws that I had and I made sure to leave a pretty a decent made sure to leave a pretty a decent made sure to leave a pretty a decent size Gap here and here and you need to size Gap here and here and you need to size Gap here and here and you need to do that when you uh install this kit do that when you uh install this kit do that when you uh install this kit mainly because it's aluminum it's pretty mainly because it's aluminum it's pretty mainly because it's aluminum it's pretty long it will expand and contract there long it will expand and contract there long it will expand and contract there is a metal um splicing Rod that goes in is a metal um splicing Rod that goes in is a metal um splicing Rod that goes in this r this r this r all the way across right that keeps it all the way across right that keeps it all the way across right that keeps it really secure or snug and then this really secure or snug and then this really secure or snug and then this self-tapping screw actually keeps the self-tapping screw actually keeps the self-tapping screw actually keeps the bar really well connected okay bar really well connected okay bar really well connected okay technically I would have used more but I technically I would have used more but I technically I would have used more but I wanted to see how it was going to work wanted to see how it was going to work wanted to see how it was going to work before I just started drilling a bunch before I just started drilling a bunch before I just started drilling a bunch of holes in this aluminum rail so you of holes in this aluminum rail so you of holes in this aluminum rail so you know that's how that goes oh oh oh