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RoyB
May 16, 2014Explorer II
Boy all of these panels sure are heavy it seems. I am just now thinking about putting three 120WATT panels on my off-road POPUP roof. It has electric winch and it is already making noises raising the roof.
Making me think I will most likely have to remove the heavy panels when setting up and then putting them back in place.
I will use the lite weight aluminum unistrut strips to secure the panels too I guess.
I may have to start looking for some of those flexible solar panels and glue to the roof maybe...
I have the perfect spot for this 5ft x 3ft Solar panel between the air conditioner and the rear of the roof. It weighs almost 50lbs however not counting the unistrut strip haha...
360WATTS of solar sure would help me out big keeping my big battery banks going all night when camping off the power grids. I am going to need to generate 14.4VDC around 18-20AMPS of usable DC current to be able to re-charge my batteries within the 6 hours or so of usable high sun.
Roy Ken
Making me think I will most likely have to remove the heavy panels when setting up and then putting them back in place.
I will use the lite weight aluminum unistrut strips to secure the panels too I guess.
I may have to start looking for some of those flexible solar panels and glue to the roof maybe...
I have the perfect spot for this 5ft x 3ft Solar panel between the air conditioner and the rear of the roof. It weighs almost 50lbs however not counting the unistrut strip haha...
360WATTS of solar sure would help me out big keeping my big battery banks going all night when camping off the power grids. I am going to need to generate 14.4VDC around 18-20AMPS of usable DC current to be able to re-charge my batteries within the 6 hours or so of usable high sun.
Roy Ken
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