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pirlbeck
Explorer
Apr 22, 2018

Truck camper, solar panels and wind buffeting???

I am mounting 4 50 watt solar panels on my Lance 845 truck camper. Open roof space is very limited, so I don't have a lot of options on where to put these panels. The plan as of now is to mount 3 pane...
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hedge
Explorer
Apr 22, 2018
I have 3 panels mounted across the front of my truck camper and have had no issues.. and the center one is only into the plywood. Mine are just using the standard cheap mounts so they are only about 1 1/2" off the roof.

Haven't been in a wind tunnel but my theory is the curved front actually pushes the air over top of them.

I've driven in some pretty crazy wind in Southern Alberta where semis get blown over and no issues so far.

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