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f150camper
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May 21, 2019

Has anybody here installed solar panels on the roof?

Jayco told me it can't be done because my 2012 X19H's roof can't support the weight.

Does anybody have any experience with that?
  • Didn’t you post this issue at 3:54 pm? Receive numerous responses?
  • If it won't support the weight of a solar panel it will likely collapse the first time it snows. I sure wouldn't walk around up there to clean the roof either. You probably weight 3 or 4 times what a solar panel weighs with a much smaller footprint.
    As a comparison, in VA building codes require roofs to be able to support 30 to 40 pounds per square foot of snow load. A solar array is only about 4 or 5 pounds pounds per square foot.
    The point is, I think their full of it.