Fleximount Shelves Flash Sale
- Thread starter TheHappyNomads
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Those look pretty good. What was the shipping cost? The Dewalt version is currently about $202 from Home Depot which includes shipping. Dewalt version also has additional braces that fasten underneath the crossbeams that hold each shelf for what its worth.
Edit: just tried to check out with one and that one also has free shipping.. so that is pretty good price.. only missing those pieces I mentioned.
Edit: just tried to check out with one and that one also has free shipping.. so that is pretty good price.. only missing those pieces I mentioned.
TheHappyNomads
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Shipping was free. Total shipped (including promo code MEMBER10) = $139.53
Edit: instead of just a slip joint into a groove on the Fleximount? Would that matter terribly on the crossbeam considering the amount of weight resting on the shelf itself? I would think the battery weight would keep those slip joints from bouncing or moving.
Edit: instead of just a slip joint into a groove on the Fleximount? Would that matter terribly on the crossbeam considering the amount of weight resting on the shelf itself? I would think the battery weight would keep those slip joints from bouncing or moving.
Cronix
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You can also (usually) just put a bolt with a nut at the top of the slip joint after the shelf is seated so there is no way for it to move back out without removing the bolt first.
Since you mentioned using it as battery shelf and I'm sure you already are doing something to cover it but to remind others, you will need to put something on top of those wire shelves that the cells sit on. On the dewalt shelves I used polycarbonate sheet that was cut to fit over the wire mesh. Acrylic is cheaper but is more fragile and much lower melting temp.
I also put cement board underneath the wire mesh part. This was easy to do on the dewalt because of those extra braces underneath each brace so I could simply lay the cement board across them. This would help protect the cells above from any potential issue if something catastrophic happened to cells below.
I also put cement board underneath the wire mesh part. This was easy to do on the dewalt because of those extra braces underneath each brace so I could simply lay the cement board across them. This would help protect the cells above from any potential issue if something catastrophic happened to cells below.
TheHappyNomads
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Quick update: the shelving unit is pretty sweet. Very stable and each wire shelf is screwed down into the corners by a washer/bolt/nut combo. with those secured down it keeps the supports from popping loose out of the slotted receivers.
I laid a sheet of 1/4 hardiebacker on top of each wire mesh rack with battery modules on top of those. Nothing about that shelf moves
I laid a sheet of 1/4 hardiebacker on top of each wire mesh rack with battery modules on top of those. Nothing about that shelf moves
TheHappyNomads
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I will say the one thing I am disappointed about is that the listing is a bit deceiving as it says it is 2'x4' but the actual width of each shelf is only 18" which means my battery modules hang off either side.
Would definitely not use that for battery shelf. Look really cheap and probably why they don't even provide a load rating.
So looks like the Dewalt shelves are a good deal then for what you get since those are in fact 2 foot deep.
TheHappyNomads
New Member
Yup, no doubt. Wish I would have checked the actual specs before ordering. Not a huge deal for me with my battery modules being used but still would have been nice to have the full 2'
Between my friend and I we have over a dozen of these shelves, work fine for us.
Load rating they claim: “can carry 2,000 pounds”. My batteries less than 300lbs each.
DIYrich
Solar Wizard
1550 lbs per shelf???
