Mounting solar

As mentioned above


Been almost 3 years and traveled near 30k miles. Still tight and no leaks. ;)

agesilaus wrote:

HadEnough wrote:
How do you mount the panels to the roof?

I had some Aluminum Channel stock and I just cut sections from that for the mounts and used some flat galvanized steel strips to connect the channel to the panels.

I used Dicor under the channel and screwed them to the roof with #10 SS sheet metal screws.

HadEnough wrote:
How do you mount the panels to the roof?

I had some Aluminum Channel stock and I just cut sections from that for the mounts and used some flat galvanized steel strips to connect the channel to the panels.

How do you mount the panels to the roof?

“I have a suitcase solar panel, which avoids all these questions. ”

It sure does! Love those suitcase panels! Put it out in the morning an hour after my roof mounted panels are charging me up. Move it around for the sun until lunch, then bring it inside for a town lunch provided it hasn’t been stolen. Return to camp after a great lunch and put it out. Move around for sun. Put it away at dusk. Do this EVERY camping day. What fun!

How do you route the cable?

Across the rooftop using solar cable. A couple of blobs of Dicor roof sealant hold it down. Into a junction box on the roof to 10 gauge wire inside some PEX 3/4 in tubing which was just handy, then down thru a bulkhead seal

Where do you put the controller?

In the Basement, wires go to circuit breakers then controller