POPUPs with Solar Panels added to roof
Would like to see some photos of POPUPs with SOLAR PANELs added to the roof area. I am in the very early stage of looking into installing SOLAR PANELS on my Starcraft 14RT Off-Road POPUP roof. M...
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Bondebond - My awning follows the roof line just under the side edge. There is also a rubber boot in the grove that follows the same line on both sides of the trailer. I do however have a little over one-inch of space before the awning track start and end following the roof line. I could use this area for a one-inch wide metal side support to hold up a roof frame on the four corners of the roof.
The rubber boot slot starting at the top of the roof and down to the slot that holds the awning bag is about 1/2-inch wide. One could mount a metal strap in the area I suppose. and clear the awning bag.
Adding roof frame supports in the middle of the line will be a problem on the awning side. My Air conditioner is almost centered on the roof so a side to side support on either side of the air conditioner should probably be all I would need. I would also need to to support the weight on the aluminum frame is these two areas as well. Then the aluminum frame would be supported in four places on each side of the frame. Probably three support on side to side at the ends should be enough. These side to side supports are 7 feet long going across the the roof. I bet I will need one support to the roof itself in the middle of this run. bummer...
May have to experiment with a roof pad glued to the roof so it won't do movement and cause damage to the roof material. I think the total weight on a 120WATT solar panel is around 20lbs...
Roy Ken
The rubber boot slot starting at the top of the roof and down to the slot that holds the awning bag is about 1/2-inch wide. One could mount a metal strap in the area I suppose. and clear the awning bag.
Adding roof frame supports in the middle of the line will be a problem on the awning side. My Air conditioner is almost centered on the roof so a side to side support on either side of the air conditioner should probably be all I would need. I would also need to to support the weight on the aluminum frame is these two areas as well. Then the aluminum frame would be supported in four places on each side of the frame. Probably three support on side to side at the ends should be enough. These side to side supports are 7 feet long going across the the roof. I bet I will need one support to the roof itself in the middle of this run. bummer...
May have to experiment with a roof pad glued to the roof so it won't do movement and cause damage to the roof material. I think the total weight on a 120WATT solar panel is around 20lbs...
Roy Ken
