Flexible Solar Directly To Van Roof

Next owner of your old van decides how to deal with the angle stock on his roof.

Flexible solar directly to van roof. Bolt solar panels to roof and plywood strips. Easy to unbolt the ply pv panel to transfer to the next vehicle using similar glued taped angle system on it. Before we screw the feet into the roof we want to add caulking to the bottom of the feet and the hole in the roof the wire is going through to make it waterproof. This extension cable is not very flexible.

Working with a solar panel up on the roof of a van is awkward more hands make the job easier. Mark the location of the solar panel to avoid having the measure again afterward. The softer plastic on these panels is more prone to getting scratches on the surface. I was skeptical of using tape to mount solar panels at first.

I ve installed my massive solar array. So instead i decided to mount them with vhb tape directly on the roof. The sun store solar kit costs 362 53 and more information can be found on their website. 7 remove solar panels and drill holes for the.

Because they don t have a frame they are low profile and can bend to shallow curves such as a van roof. We used the dicor brand caulk because of its outstanding reputation in the rv community. Cut plywood reinforcement strips and drill holes. I purchased them here.

I have 10 flexible panels at 100 watts each for a total of 1000 watts. 6 pre fit solar panels on the roof to define location of cable glands. It also makes them lightweight. Mark and drill holes in the van roof.

Clean roof and apply loctite pl adhesive. We found it easier to work with if we install the glands at approximately 12 inches from the panels. Mounting flexible solar panels on a van. The solar panel measure 1476mm x 670mm so is small enough to be mounted onto the roof of the van more than one could fit if this is necessary for your set up.

Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof.