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Hardware => Lynx Express => Topic started by: Sloanhaus on November 14, 2009,

Title: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: Sloanhaus on November 14, 2009,

How is everyone mounting their express cases to something like a mega tree pole. Thanks Brad

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: joshuashu on November 14, 2009,

i used plumbing or electrical straps. they are the kind that is a half circle with two flanges for screws, goes right around my 1 1/2 pvc and screws into the box.

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: RJ on November 14, 2009,

We use wooden stakes for home depot and we cut some small plywood squares the we screwed to them. Then we stake these in the ground and screw the cases to them.

RJ

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: magic8192 on November 14, 2009,

For attaching them to a mega tree pole, there is a spot where you can punch it out for a metal strap or hose clamp. 

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: Sloanhaus on November 15, 2009,

Came up with a simple way I thought I might share. Drill a 1/4 inch hole, lay down a screw on the inside on top of the hole, loop around the screw and out the hole with both ends, than zip it to your rebar or other post. Very simple and you can make a small hole. Holds great too.

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: wbuehler on November 16, 2009,

I use 24" wooden stakes and screw the enclosures to it.

Bill

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: dilgod on November 16, 2009,

This is how I have done mine.
Screwed 4 boards on a 2ft x 2ft 5ply board.

The board will be placed in my living room with cables running out from the back of the board (each of them numbered and named) thru the window to make sure I connect the lights the same way each year.

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: n1ist on November 17, 2009,

Dilgod-
  It looks like you have wired two LEs to the same 18ga or 16ga power cord - that's OK if you are only using LEDs, but if you are driving incandescents, you will be overloading those white cords.
/mike

Title: Re: How are you mounting you xpress
Post by: dilgod on November 17, 2009,

You are right. I am using only LEDs. I don't have any incandescents.
I had sold ALL my incandescents "stock" on craigslist and replaced them earlier this year.