Roll Up Solar Panels / Ogre MPPT Controller
I would LOVE to get 10-12 amperes of 12 volt grade charging for my new group 31 Lifeline. But I have a motor-scooter size toad, that forces me to the roll-up kind of solar panel, and woe is me, the...
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62" X 45" Roof Luggage Rack
I'll line the bottom with a thin sheet of wood paneling then overlay with felt. Celso, can mig weld some feet, 8 total, each with a pair of 1/4" holes for stainless bolts. It"ll have steel loops on both sides and rear welded on to pass a stainless steel 1/8" cable or three with loops (welded fittings) and padlocks. I'll even whittle a 2X4 down, line the bottom with felt and use that as a center of the cargo rack anti-sag support.
So 62" X 45" is the shebang. The gizmo supposedly holds 150 lbs and that is a lot to stack up high on a car that handles like a giraffe.
Panels minus the frames? Eegads, does that not make them fragile? I have never taken the frames off the Kyocera's so what happens is a mystery to me. I do have to stack them upside down I think to protect the surface - means more felt, or maybe plastic trash sacks.
So, fixed known dimensions (of the rack) may change things all around, and I'll wade through the selection process basing everything on that. Clothing, bedding, my gigantic Wi-Fi antenna, and other stuff, rolls of USB extension cable, maybe a few coils of wire can go atop the car. High security stuff in the trunk with the cabin trunk popper lever disconnected, and the rest of the junk in the back seat. By Jove I think all of this is going to work. I even got rid of the giant toolbox and tools are stuffed into canvas bags to stuff and plug into various luggage voids.
Security. Heh heh heh. A 12 volt fence charger and length of bare wire. The car is insulated. Oh god am I evil. I need the fence charger anyway for my garden. The 31 can power the charger plus a motion detector.
But now, with the "big hurdle" out of the way, decision-wise I can start focusing on what will fit inside the roof rack. 62"X45"
I'll line the bottom with a thin sheet of wood paneling then overlay with felt. Celso, can mig weld some feet, 8 total, each with a pair of 1/4" holes for stainless bolts. It"ll have steel loops on both sides and rear welded on to pass a stainless steel 1/8" cable or three with loops (welded fittings) and padlocks. I'll even whittle a 2X4 down, line the bottom with felt and use that as a center of the cargo rack anti-sag support.
So 62" X 45" is the shebang. The gizmo supposedly holds 150 lbs and that is a lot to stack up high on a car that handles like a giraffe.
Panels minus the frames? Eegads, does that not make them fragile? I have never taken the frames off the Kyocera's so what happens is a mystery to me. I do have to stack them upside down I think to protect the surface - means more felt, or maybe plastic trash sacks.
So, fixed known dimensions (of the rack) may change things all around, and I'll wade through the selection process basing everything on that. Clothing, bedding, my gigantic Wi-Fi antenna, and other stuff, rolls of USB extension cable, maybe a few coils of wire can go atop the car. High security stuff in the trunk with the cabin trunk popper lever disconnected, and the rest of the junk in the back seat. By Jove I think all of this is going to work. I even got rid of the giant toolbox and tools are stuffed into canvas bags to stuff and plug into various luggage voids.
Security. Heh heh heh. A 12 volt fence charger and length of bare wire. The car is insulated. Oh god am I evil. I need the fence charger anyway for my garden. The 31 can power the charger plus a motion detector.
But now, with the "big hurdle" out of the way, decision-wise I can start focusing on what will fit inside the roof rack. 62"X45"
