Too many holes in solar panel frame?
My bad. Changed the design of PV mounts after had already drilled holes in the frame. So the panel is a lot lighter now, and plenty of ventilation :)... Big panel, 60x40", 40 lbs. I can see how it fle...
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This shows the essentials although it is for the smaller 130w size panel. It all lies at the back of the roof bungeed to the cargo railing when going down the road, then I can undo it and prop it up somewhere like here against the air cond shroud. I learned to use a rubber mat under where it pokes into the roof.
I then used the same tray for my contraption last year, photos in this thread.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26065604.cfm
This past summer with a new contraption, I did not have a tray for the other panels in that, and I got that flexing when strapping them down onto the contraption, so lesson learned. Next contraption coming up for the new big 24v panel is to make a tray for it and put that tray into the new contraption.
I then used the same tray for my contraption last year, photos in this thread.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26065604.cfm
This past summer with a new contraption, I did not have a tray for the other panels in that, and I got that flexing when strapping them down onto the contraption, so lesson learned. Next contraption coming up for the new big 24v panel is to make a tray for it and put that tray into the new contraption.
