Mounting Solar Panels To Van Roof

What we used to mount our solar panels step 1.

Mounting solar panels to van roof.

Put the solar panels on top of your van where you d like them to be installed. Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof. How we installed the solar panels on our van 1 test the setup before the installation. It s important to dry fit everything first to see how it looks on.

Once you ve got the solar panels placed where they re going to. The renogy kit comes with their z bracket mounting system which mounts. 2 pre install brackets on the solar panels 4 brackets for each panel. Most solar panels are designed to sit on the roof of a house not to be driving down the road at 70 miles per hour.

The most efficient way to mount panels would be at the correct angle to point them straight at the sun. 3 relocate the brackets in the inside edge. This is to. Right when we finished installing everything we realized that we did not.

Mounting solar panels to the roof of a van. The upper piece is bolted to the panels while the lower piece adjusts to sit flush on the curved van roof. Mark the holes for drilling with a dry erase marker. The panels themselves can take much higher wind speeds but it s all in how you mount them to the roof.

Attach brackets to the solar panels. The typical solar panel is mounted with a z bracket which is simple and flat but we elected to go with a curved z bracket which is specifically made for a curved roof like a van.