Installing a Single FLEXware Mounting Plate
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The FLEXware Mounting Plate (FW-MP) must be secured to a surface that can safely hold
approximately 200 lbs of components and metal hardware; OutBack Power Systems recom-
mends the FW-MP be attached in at least six places with a minimum 2” X ¼” lag bolts/lag screws
and at washers screwed into either wall studs or posts. Most North American construction
calls for wall studs to be 16” on center, allowing three available studs in a 32” span for securing
the FW-MP.
If your stud installations are 24” on center, this allows only two available studs in a 24” span,
which might be sucient if larger lag bolts are used to secure the FW-MP. Otherwise, an
installer can secure the FW-MP to ¾” plywood, 4’ X 2’, nailed to at least three studs. If ¾” plywood
sheathing is used, the installer must determine the number and size of fasteners to support
200 lbs or more.
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Decide where to hang the mounting plate; a good working height is 52-54” to the bottom edge
of the FW-MP
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Install the FX Series Inverter/Charger hanging screws (see Figure 2) for each FX used in the
system before hanging the FW-MP to a wall. Install the hanging screws from the back of the FW-MP.
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Locate a center point for the mounting slot strip at the top of the FW-MP, which should be over
a stud, post, or ¾” plywood sheathing. Then, either:
pound a 16d nish nail into the corresponding upper mounting slot strip of the FW-MP and
center and hang the top strip of the FW-MP on this nail or
drill a pilot hole for the lag bolt, hold the FW-MP to the hole, and insert and tighten the
lag bolt.
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With the FW-MP hanging on the wall, level the FW-MP with a carpenter’s level, marking the two
top mounting holes with a pencil.
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Drill pilot holes at each mark and insert the lag bolts. If a nish nail was used to hang the FW-MP,
remove it and insert a bolt in its location as well.
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Drill three or four pilot holes for the remaining lag bolts and nish securing the FW-MP.
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