Anyone ever lose a solar panel off the roof?
I know there are many ways to mount the solar panels on the roof, some more secure than others. Has anyone ever lost one and do the cables prevent it from flying off and do other damage?
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NinerBikes wrote:
RV owners that park in the shade of the forest trees probably shouldn't be considering roof mounting their solar panels. Portable would be more useful, where you can catch some sunshine so that the panels can do their job and recharge your batteries for the full day. 100 watts of solar panel isn't very much, which last I heard, was all you had.
Agree if all you have is 100W of solar.
But when you've got 700W or more on your roof, and are not trying to run that A/C or other extravagances (is that a word?), shady spots can be ok. Especially in the summer when the days are long.
We were getting 58Ah (765 Wh) per day at a full shade spot a few weeks ago. Not a lot, but enough. And it would have been difficult to find a big enough sunny spot there that wouldn't disappear or move in a short time.
The short, cloudy, rainy days of Oct to Feb are a lot worse, even though all the leaves are gone. They're really hard on the batteries.
