Mounting Solar Panels On Van Roof

Mounting solar panels to the roof of a van 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.

Mounting solar panels on van roof.

It s also good to see how your flat panels will lay on a curved roof. If you re trying to build a stealth camper van any panels mounted to your roof are going to be a giveaway that someone is living in the van. Van der valk solar systems is since 2009 one of the fastest growing companies in the solar industry and focuses entirely on the development and production of solar mounting systems for pitched roofs flat roofs and open fields. I had the general idea of where i wanted the solar panels to sit on top of my van but without dry fitting them first i would have overlooked how the mounting holes actually lined up on the contoured roof.

Using flexible solar panels on a stealth camper van. Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof. How do we mount solar panels to this screwy surface. Mounting the solar panels step by step.

So i got a 3 4 box aluminum rail from lowes set it in lapping sealant to be under the inside edges of the panels and used two 1 16 lines of your vhb. Turns out if you drill a hole in the middle of the 4 mounting holes in the fitting for a m8 bolt and use the ford roof anchor holes the panels end up about 8 mm apart in the middle. Two 100 watt solar panels will be mounted to the roof of your van and secured to your vehicle s roof rack. There are various ways disguise this with roof racks and flush mounted flexible panels.

These two solar panels will generate electricity harvested from the power of the sun and the energy that these two panels create will be passed through a series of adapter cables to your solar charge controller. What we used to mount our solar panels. Attach brackets to the solar panels. In this video i walk you through the details of my diy solution for mounting solar panels on my extended long wheel base high roof ford transit van.

Mark and drill holes in the van roof. Cut plywood reinforcement strips and drill holes.