Mounting Solar Panels To Van Roof

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Mounting solar panels to van roof.

Once you ve got the solar panels placed where they re going to. How to install renogy solar panels text edition 1. The panels themselves can take much higher wind speeds but it s all in how you mount them to the roof. How we installed the solar panels on our van 1 test the setup before the installation.

Mounting solar panels to the roof of a van. What we used to mount our solar panels step 1. This is to. Put the solar panels on top of your van where you d like them to be installed.

3 relocate the brackets in the inside edge. Attach brackets to the solar panels. Most solar panels are designed to sit on the roof of a house not to be driving down the road at 70 miles per hour. The typical solar panel is mounted with a z bracket which is simple and flat but we elected to go with a curved z bracket which is specifically made for a curved roof like a van.

Right when we finished installing everything we realized that we did not. It s important to dry fit everything first to see how it looks on. The upper piece is bolted to the panels while the lower piece adjusts to sit flush on the curved van roof. Mark the holes for drilling with a dry erase marker.

Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof. The curved z brackets are two separate sliding pieces.