How To Mount Solar Panel On Roof Rack

To secure the two 100 watt solar panels to the roof of your vehicle you ll need to first mount the solar panels onto the top of a thin plywood board or sheet of metal.

How to mount solar panel on roof rack.

Fed up with your utility power company. Attach brackets to the solar panels. In order to fit thicker 3 8 bolts into the 1 4 holes on the hightec solar panel we drilled out the hole with a 3 8 bit. A plywood board of the right dimensions will cost you about about 20 usd.

So are thousands of other diyers. On all bolts we used blue loctite. The panel goes over the top of mounted maxtrax but still allows your to access them. Clean roof and apply loctite pl adhesive.

You can use an inexpensive piece of plywood from your local hardware store for this purpose. Cut plywood reinforcement strips and drill holes. Both cone connector sizes are available at big box hardware stores. To secure the solar panels to the unistrut crossbars we used 3 8 bolts external tooth lock washers and nylon unistrut cone nuts.

Installing the solar panels onto the unistrut. Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof. I measured the rack s mounting feet and cut out four 3 x 1 5 pieces of neoprene sheet gasket to fit under each foot. The gaskets need to be pre drilled for the mounting bolt to slide through so i made a little cardboard template and drilled the holes with a regular wood drill bit.

How i mounted a 130w solar panel on the roof racks of my 4wd. Mark and drill holes in the van roof. What we used to mount our solar panels. Installing the solar panels is done by using unistrut cone connectors 1 4 inch or 3 8 inch to attach to the slotted steel l brackets.