In all this instances solar contractors are stressed to engineer solutions adapting the project to local elements in order to obtain desired ROI values, How they will materialize these targets?

There are couple of ways to do a layout job but in most of the cases electrical contractors or solar contractors have to employ techniques used in construction industry and proved to be of maximum productivity. And not to forget about ROI (Return on Investment) for individual contractors and their need to reduce overhead costs when it comes to layout and erecting photovoltaic mounting structures conform plan requirements.

One of the best companies out there with a very solid track in layout and measurement tools is Bosch. They have a great line of products and Clean Energy Brands as a solar industry warrior would like to present some of them. In this way we would like to make aware solar contractors about how the industry need to adapt when is crossing into general edilitar planning boundaries.

Imagine what a solar industry contractor will want to sort out fast as possible: to generate estimates, get accurate reading of length for pv panel rails, splice the mounting rails, get accurate angle value for tilting across arrays of panels, position the panels, align the arrays and erect mounting structures through existing roof trusses using less effort and less manpower, avoiding to trash the roof tiles and offering higher personal protection.

Bosch has developed a great series of measurement tools promoted under Bosch DLE series. The price has come down and the products are attractive for any contractors in need to generate accurate estimates.

Bosch DLR 130K

The work horse is this digital range finder Bosch DLR 130K. Very intuitive, simple to use is everybody basic layout tool eliminating a measure tape together with a helping apprentice hand.

It is only 5oz heavy and can easy fit in a pocket. This laser range finder is good to continuously measure the distance to fixed point in a range from 2 inches to 130 ft. The leaser range finder takes measurements in interval of 4 seconds or less with an accuracy of 1/16 inch. Actually pointing the leaser beam to a reference target point and moving will continuously change result values on its display- measure as you walk off. What else? Couple of functions as saving measuring results and display values in inches, feet and inches, decimal feet, and metric system as well as computing surface and volume based on measurement sequence it is what basic everybody needs. This small range finder tool is powered by four ‘AAA’ batteries and on a charge is able to take up to 30000 measurements. As price Clean Energy Brands offers this product for as little as USD95$ covered by Bosch 3 years warranty plan and free shipping within continental USA. For Canada costumers and outside continental USA we charge shipping fees. We ship in 24 hours or less on business days. Order this product now!

Bosch DLR 165K

The other best seller is Bosch DLR 165K a better and newer version of Bosch DLR 130K having same weight of 5oz and a size that makes the device easily sleep in any pocket or to come hanging on a belt. Is a measure as you walk off distance range finder, capable of displaying the results in three measurement systems: feet and inches, decimal feet, and metric. It can generate surface areas and volume based on measurement sequence with a press of a button. If measure as you walk off mode is already known from Bosch DLR130K what is really new is its Continuously Laser Mode. That will help when we have to perform a rapid sequence of measurements without to abuse the keystrokes. Another novelty is Indirect Length Measurement Mod helping us to determine a distance to a point hard to reach or hard to beam) actually the indirect measurement mode is using Pythagorean Theorem (a2 + b2= c2). It is powered by four ‘AAA’ batteries and it has a measuring range of 165ft (compared with 130ft DLR 130K type). With all this great features Clean Energy Brands sells the device for as little as USD115$ covered by Bosch 3 years warranty plan and free shipping within continental US. For Canada costumers and outside continental US we charge shipping fees. We ship in 24 hours or less on business days. Order this product now!

To increase reading length and to perform more accurate in a hardship environment Bosch has developed a range finder line using a glass lens reader mounted on the top of the device. We talk about GLR series of range finders.

Four Measuring Reference Points – Back, front, swing-out extension pin for measuring from inside corners or channels, or centre of an optional tripod. Multi-surface area mode calculates the total area of several individual surfaces with a common length or height.