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wyocowboy00
Explorer II
May 12, 2014

Installing Solar Panels on a rubber membrane roof

I have seen several articles on installing solar panels on RV roofs, but none of them have dealt with installing them on rubber membrane roofs. Most of these articles suggested using an adhesive instead of screws to install the mounts to the roof, but I have my doubts adhesives would work on a rubber membrane roof. I am dealing with my 2013 Arctic Fox 992 truck camper and it is prewired for solar with plugs already on the roof. I already have the controller in and wired and two 120 watt panels that I need to mount on the roof. Anyone have any advice or experience with this?
  • wintersun's avatar
    wintersun
    Explorer II
    May 16, 2014
    I would hesitate to have a RV place do the installation. I checked with two dealers regarding my own and both said they used 7/8" wood screws even though with my roof there is only 1/4" luan which is not going to provide any real bite for screws.

    I used the side framing members with screws to anchor down cross bars to which I then attached the solar panels.

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