Installing a flexible solar panel on a fiberglass hightop drilling through the fiberglass hightop.
How to installing solar panels on fiberglass roof.
We re going to keep the fourth one in the underbed storage and set it up using a homemade portable pvc tilt mount when we re boondocking for longer periods.
I m going to install a 7 watt trickle charger solar panel on my roof using vhb tape.
I was hoping to fish the wire through the air conditioner.
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The first thing we did was install the solar controller inside the van.
Fiberglass roof solar panel installation.
One option is to bolt them down to a roof rack if one is installed or available for the vehicle.
Next up is installing a vent fan wiring and flooring.
Using a square we marked where the controller would go drilled holes in all four corners then used a jigsaw to cut out the hole.
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Our fiberglass van topper didn t make this easy but we now have three solar panels mounted to the roof.
There are several options for attaching flexible solar panels to the roof of a vehicle.
Installing one on a fiberglass roof creates new problems so let s take a look at how we did it.
Simply apply vhb very high bond tape which will be almost impossible to remove when applied correctly.
For those of you with fiberglass roofs on your van or rv you re probably wondering exactly how to install solar panels without drilling holes that could crack the fiberglass or cause leaks.
If the natural structure and materials of the roof are not suitable for an efficient system there are many ways in which you can adopt a roof to meet the requirements.
If your rv roof is made of fiberglass you luckily do not need to drill holes into your roof to mount your solar panels.
However i still have to figure out how to get the wire from the solar panel either down to my rv battery or first to my control panel where i will install an indicator then to the battery.
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Solar panels for any roof type.