When mounting solar panels on the roof of your rig are just screwing the mounts into the deck any old place or are you shooting the screws into the roof rafters?
2010 Eagle Super Lite 315RLDS 2018 GMC Sierra 3500HD 6.6L Duramax
I'm not interested in mounting options as I know how I`m going to mount them. I'm simply asking about placement of the screws. In the deck randomly or in the rafters.
The placement of the screws is part of the mounting considerations.
2009 Holiday Rambler 42' Scepter with ISL 400 Cummins 750 Watts Solar Morningstar MPPT 60 Controller 2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
I'm not interested in mounting options as I know how I`m going to mount them. I'm simply asking about placement of the screws. In the deck randomly or in the rafters.
2010 Eagle Super Lite 315RLDS 2018 GMC Sierra 3500HD 6.6L Duramax
I followed what mello mike did on his web site. I used 3m double sided tape with stainless steel screws. My front 2 screws did go in to the aluminum rafter cross piece, but the back 2 screws are just in to the plywood.
BFL13 wrote: One thing, however you locate them, is to be able to remove the panel without having to get the brackets out of the roof. Sometimes you have to check/fix the wiring under there.
Two Ls instead of a Z. (Or whatever I am trying to say ๐ ), Eg.
here's what I made for mine there are 3 screws into the roof 1 1/2" angle and 1" flat bar the part on the roof 6" long and the one on the panel 3". these panels are 60 x36 and there are 3 sets on each panel.
2015 Winnebago Forza 34T pushed by a 2011 Fusion Hybrid or 2020 Escape Hybrid Retired DFD
One thing, however you locate them, is to be able to remove the panel without having to get the brackets out of the roof. Sometimes you have to check/fix the wiring under there.
Two Ls instead of a Z. (Or whatever I am trying to say ๐ ), Eg.
1. 1991 Oakland 28DB Class C on Ford E350-460-7.5 Gas EFI Photo in Profile 2. 1991 Bighorn 9.5ft Truck Camper on 2003 Chev 2500HD 6.0 Gas See Profile for Electronic set-ups for 1. and 2.
I found it difficult to line up with too many of the rafters. I made sure that one of my three sets of mounts on each panel hit a rafter. I used screws with the widest threads I could find and put three in each mounting bracket with a bunch of Dicor. The ones that didn't hit a rafter are just into the thin plywood of the roof.
