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sushidog
Explorer
Aug 24, 2015

Has anyone ever mounted solar panels to a tow vehicle?

I want to build a rather heavy solar system for full-timing in a travel trailer (actually 2 separate systems, a 12v and a 48v one). However finding TTs that will carry this much weight are hard to fin...
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buta4
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Sep 11, 2015
Maybe I'm overly cautious but, using solar panels as a wind deflector might introduce them to road damage from sand, pebbles, etc. hitting them.

Over a long period of time, might the solar panel performance be degraded from that type of exposure to road debris?

Just sayin'.

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