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Mgbcolorado
Explorer
Oct 25, 2025

Trying to find electrical under roof

I’m ready to install a solar panel on my roof, but I am concerned. I am not gonna hit a beam and also I wanna make sure I’m not putting a screw into any electrical wiring. Any help going forward would be appreciated.  

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  • 2025 coachmen Apex Nano 190RBS, 

    I’ve reached out to coachmen but their reply was, “We don’t give roof layouts to the public, only to your dealer”. 

    • StirCrazy's avatar
      StirCrazy
      Moderator

      thats because they have an original design, but during the manufacturing of the units it changes from time to time, plus different workers run the harnesses a little different.  if they give you a schematic and something goes wrong then they can be held liable 

  • Not really sure what kind of roof. But stud finder is going to be where I start for sure. 

  • what kind of roof do you have?  a good quality stud finder should work, I know mine will detect electrical also.