KZ Classic owners - Solar?
Anyone with a KZ Classic camper installed solar on your aluminum roof?
What method did you use?
The problems I see are two fold:
1) There's no cross members, no ribs in my roof. There's some support for the AC unit and that's pretty much it - the rest of the roof is held only at the edges.
2) The aluminum expands and contracts a lot as it heats and cools
To get around #1 I figured I could epoxy or otherwise chemically attach aluminum L channel to the roof, and mount the solar onto the channel... but #2 throws a wrench in that, constant expansion and contraction of the roof sheet is going to make the chemical bond fail or cause the sheet itself to fail. 3M is pretty proud of their VHB tape ... stress tests tore the aluminum sheet before the bond failed.
I could install a scaffolding of sorts across the roof, anchoring it on the edges - this idea doesn't seem ideal since those side boards are full of holes already from screws every few inches clamping down the aluminum sheet.
Maybe a peel and stick panel is the way to go? They're rubber and plastic, so they can expand and contract with the aluminum sheet, rather than fight it???
What method did you use?
The problems I see are two fold:
1) There's no cross members, no ribs in my roof. There's some support for the AC unit and that's pretty much it - the rest of the roof is held only at the edges.
2) The aluminum expands and contracts a lot as it heats and cools
To get around #1 I figured I could epoxy or otherwise chemically attach aluminum L channel to the roof, and mount the solar onto the channel... but #2 throws a wrench in that, constant expansion and contraction of the roof sheet is going to make the chemical bond fail or cause the sheet itself to fail. 3M is pretty proud of their VHB tape ... stress tests tore the aluminum sheet before the bond failed.
I could install a scaffolding of sorts across the roof, anchoring it on the edges - this idea doesn't seem ideal since those side boards are full of holes already from screws every few inches clamping down the aluminum sheet.
Maybe a peel and stick panel is the way to go? They're rubber and plastic, so they can expand and contract with the aluminum sheet, rather than fight it???
