roof rack for solar
Since I'm committed to 12 volt because of a pure sine wave inverter, if I upgrade I will go MPPT with the Magnum PT-100. That would allow me to install 1200 watts of solar. To do that would require a ...
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Don
When I ever get enough money to do solar I am pretty sure I will go with the lightweight UNISTRUT channels... We used to build everything with UNISTRUT and with the ability to slide things around before tighting the screws might be a good thing with the solar panels..
I can't even think about how much weigh your 1200WATTS of solar is going to have...
About all of the room I have on my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer roof will only safely support maybe three 120WATT panels.
Then the other problem I know I am going to run into is raising my roof with my electric motor... This may require me to not mount two of these 120WATT solar panels until after I raise the roof first and lock in place. This could easily done with two of my 120WATT panels that I can step into the front deck and should be able to mount them with ease. The sliding nuts of the unistrut should be a real help here as well...
Two panels on the front on each side of the fantastic fan
One panel going across the rear of the roof between the A/C and the roof edge...
The other advantage of mounting the UNISTRUT channels across the roof is I can attach these going into the side roof thick supports. I'm always leary of doing anything to the roof top areas...
Hope your panels going on top of the a/c units will keep you under the 12-13 foot height restriction going down the public roads... I also think you are going to have some strange wind load buffeting going down the roadways with that much distance under your panels... That would scare me especially passing big trucks that might be pushing a head wind of 50-60mph...
Roy Ken
When I ever get enough money to do solar I am pretty sure I will go with the lightweight UNISTRUT channels... We used to build everything with UNISTRUT and with the ability to slide things around before tighting the screws might be a good thing with the solar panels..
I can't even think about how much weigh your 1200WATTS of solar is going to have...
About all of the room I have on my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer roof will only safely support maybe three 120WATT panels.
Then the other problem I know I am going to run into is raising my roof with my electric motor... This may require me to not mount two of these 120WATT solar panels until after I raise the roof first and lock in place. This could easily done with two of my 120WATT panels that I can step into the front deck and should be able to mount them with ease. The sliding nuts of the unistrut should be a real help here as well...
Two panels on the front on each side of the fantastic fan
One panel going across the rear of the roof between the A/C and the roof edge...
The other advantage of mounting the UNISTRUT channels across the roof is I can attach these going into the side roof thick supports. I'm always leary of doing anything to the roof top areas...
Hope your panels going on top of the a/c units will keep you under the 12-13 foot height restriction going down the public roads... I also think you are going to have some strange wind load buffeting going down the roadways with that much distance under your panels... That would scare me especially passing big trucks that might be pushing a head wind of 50-60mph...
Roy Ken
