Z bracket panel mount question
Using the Renogy Z brackets, how difficult is it to remove the panels should the need arise? Can you get a wrench under the panels to remove the nuts and bolts? Renogy roof mounbts
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Sagecoachdriver wrote:
Last time I was up on the roof, I noticed a blue marks along the side where the roof curves for the side, I bet they are where the roof struts are.
Blue marks, like from a marker? If this is EPDM/rubber over plywood, this is odd. When they roll the EPDM over, the plywood is already nailed to the struts so there is no need to mark anything. I can see my struts under the rubber and plywood when roof is wet. I can also see where they are, by rows of screws (under the rubber) scattered in chaotic manner by $8/hour laborers of the venerable Dutchmen/Thor RV corporation. But I didn't notice any marks.
It can be difficult to locate the struts under plywood accurately. You can locate the screws, by running a small rare earth magnet along (available for $1 at most hobby and carpentry stores). My $70 top of the line stud finder - ultrasonic, not magnetic - could not find the wooden stud under 5/8" particle board and rubber with better than 1 or 2" accuracy - with 1.3/4" stud such an accuracy is useless.
If you decide to try and hit the studs/rafters, after you've located and marked the rafters, it's better to attach the brackets to panel first, and then put it down to see where they are on the roof. Then you mark and drill the holes in the brackets for #10 tapping screws into roof.
