How safe are roof mounted solar panels
Just wondering if anyone has ever had a solar panel fly off while driving in high winds? Doesn't look like the 2 screws for each of the 4 mounting brackets are secure enough to handle driving down th...
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Sagecoachdriver wrote:
Doesn't look like the 2 screws for each of the 4 mounting brackets are secure enough to handle driving down the road at 75mph in Utah and have wind to boot.
2 screws in each bracket should be enough, unless your brackets are taller than 5 or 6". Still, I wouldn't pull my trailer at 75 mph, no matter with panels or not. With motorhome - maybe so, it has a different dynamics.
Don't listen to what SMK says about one screw per each corner. Like they say, "wise people talk less" ;)... IIRC, his design is pretty solid, there is more to it then just 4 brackets. He's got 2 aluminum bars across under the panel, and then screws going through these bars at the ends.
