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A device for attaching a junction box to a photovoltaic. The photovoltaic panel has a photovoltaic side and a non-photovoltaic side. The device includes a bracket with a first side attachable to the junction box and a second side attachable to the non-photovoltaic surface of the photovoltaic panel.

A device for attaching a junction box to a photovoltaic. The photovoltaic panel has a photovoltaic side and a non-photovoltaic side. The device includes a bracket with a first side attachable to the junction box and a second side attachable to the non-photovoltaic surface of the photovoltaic panel. A central fastener is attachable at one end to the bracket and a plate is adapted for connecting to the other end of the central fastener and for mounting on the photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel. One or more rotatable spacers, connectible to the central fastener, may be located on the non-photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel. One or more fixed spacers may be located on the non-photovoltaic side connectible to the bracket.

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1. A device comprising: a junction box;a bracket including a first side and a second side, the first side adapted to attach to a side of the junction box and the second side positioned opposite the first side and adapted to attach to a non-photovoltaic side of a photovoltaic panel;a central fastener

1. A device comprising: a junction box;a bracket including a first side and a second side, the first side adapted to attach to a side of the junction box and the second side positioned opposite the first side and adapted to attach to a non-photovoltaic side of a photovoltaic panel;a central fastener having first and second ends, the first end attached to said bracket; anda plate attached to the second end of said central fastener, wherein said plate is adapted to mount on the photovoltaic panel, and wherein the plate, central fastener, and bracket are adapted to suspend the bracket and junction box from the photovoltaic panel by clamping the photovoltaic panel between the second side of the bracket and the plate. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein said plate is adapted to mount on a photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel. 3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a rotatable spacer connected to and rotatable around the central fastener and adapted for mounting between the second side and the non-photovoltaic side. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the bracket comprises a fixed spacer connected to said second side of the bracket, said fixed spacer being adapted for mounting in compression contact with the non-photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel. 5. The device of claim 4, wherein the fixed spacer is spring loaded. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein said bracket is adapted to attach to respective non-photovoltaic sides of two adjacent photovoltaic panels, wherein said central fastener extends between respective edges of said two adjacent photovoltaic panels. 7. The device of claim 6, wherein said two adjacent panels are electrically connectible within the junction box. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the bracket is adapted to attach to respective non-photovoltaic sides of four adjacent photovoltaic panels, wherein said central fastener extends between respective corners of said four adjacent photovoltaic panels. 9. The device of claim 8, wherein said four adjacent panels are electrically connectible within the junction box. 10. The device of claim 1, further comprising a spacer rotatable around the central fastener, a rotation of the spacer around the central fastener being independent of angular positions of the plate and the bracket around the central fastener, said spacer being adapted to mount between the second side of the bracket and the non-photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel. 11. A method comprising: attaching a first side of a bracket to a junction box;attaching a second side of said bracket, positioned opposite the first side, to a non-photovoltaic side of a photovoltaic panel;attaching a plate on a photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel; andconnecting the plate to said bracket by a central fastener, wherein the plate, central fastener, and bracket are adapted to suspend the bracket and junction box from the photovoltaic panel by clamping the photovoltaic panel between the second side of the bracket and the plate. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the central fastener includes first and second ends, the method further comprising attaching said central fastener at the first end to said bracket and at the second end to said plate. 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising connecting a spacer to said central fastener and mounting the spacer between the second side of the bracket and the non-photovoltaic side of the photovoltaic panel, wherein said spacer is rotatable around the central fastener, and wherein a rotation of the spacer around the central fastener is independent of angular positions of the plate and the bracket around the central fastener. 14. The method of claim 11, further comprising attaching said bracket to respective non-photovoltaic sides of two adjacent photovoltaic panels; and extending said central fastener between respective edges of the two adjacent photovoltaic panels. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising electrically connecting said two adjacent photovoltaic panels within the junction box. 16. The method of claim 11, further comprising: attaching said bracket to respective non-photovoltaic sides of four adjacent photovoltaic panels; andextending said central fastener between respective corners of said four adjacent photovoltaic panels. 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising electrically connecting said four adjacent photovoltaic panels within the junction box. 18. A device comprising: a junction box;a bracket with a first side attachable to the junction box and a second side attachable to a non-photovoltaic side of a photovoltaic panel;a central fastener having first and second ends, the first end attachable to said bracket;a plate adapted for connection to the second end of said central fastener, wherein said plate is adapted for mounting on the photovoltaic panel; anda spacer connected to the central fastener, wherein the spacer is adjustable in position in a space between the second side and the non-photovoltaic side. 19. The device of claim 18, wherein the spacer is rotatable around the central fastener. 20. The device of claim 18, wherein the spacer is spring-loaded.