Mounting a solar panel on a vehicle
Submitted: Monday, May 21, 2007 at 00:02
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Motherhen
I know a few members have done this, but we want to mount it either on the fibreglass canopy or roof of vehicle; we have no roof rack.
Has anyone vehicle mounted a panel, and how did you do it? We have the panel and regulator from a previous camper, and want to set up the F250 with the panel and additional battery to run the Engel.
Reply By: Member - Jeff H (QLD) - Monday, May 21, 2007 at 01:50
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 01:50
Hello MotherHen,
With a vehicle that size, you could do worse than reverse over the existing panel and put the insurance pay-out toward those Unisolar ? flexible panels, stick 'em all over the top, and you'd become a veritable mobile power station.
Failing that, (and for a far less elegant presentation),
check my rig pics:works for us.
ps. heard from Tas lately? I haven't: hope the birth went ok. Jeff H.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 22:14
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 22:14
Thanks for your replies guys. We are mounting it on the Flexiglass canopy, with strips of aluminium on the inside to re-inforce.
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