I went and ordered some solar.

Almot wrote:

Muddydogs wrote:

I will go fixed or tiltable in the spring I'm sure, I just won't have time to get it done in the next week and a half

So, let me poo on something that you haven't done yet - tilting. As recently as last week, at this very forum - Search doesn't work well but you will find it if you look hard - an estimate or prediction was made that an average person tilts his panels 7 times. He goes up and down the ladder 7 times - or 14 times if 2 panels need to be accessed separately. Then he is fed up.

To me, it's not even climbing up and down that sucks, but walking around panels on the roof. It's slippery even when it's dry, and it's not flat on my trailer. Stepping from the ladder to the roof and back again is a dangerous part too.

This would be TAD tolerable on a seasonal site, where you only do this once a season. Still, better to avoid.

I have thought about this also thats why I'm not in a hurry to mount the panels. Do I really want to carry a ladder? My left knee and arch is messed up so do I really want to stand on a ladder messing with panels? Do I want to keep them portable and have to deal with set up and take down? Since I have lots of roof space should I cover the whole top with panels and not have to worry about tilting or setting up?

I am thinking that having 2 or 3 panels mounted flat on the roof for general camping and a couple portable panels for winter might just be the ticket. Then again I will have to get over punching holes in my roof which just seems crazy as well. So many things to think about makes a guys brain hurt or maybe I have just been setting on it to long.