Once you ve got the solar panels placed where they re going to.
Mounting solar panels to van roof.
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.
I had the general idea of where i.
Put the solar panels on top of your van where you d like them to be installed.
The upper piece is bolted to the panels while the lower piece adjusts to sit flush on the curved van roof.
2 pre install brackets on the solar panels 4 brackets for each panel.
The renogy kit comes with their z bracket mounting system which mounts.
This is to.
Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof.
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.
It s important to dry fit everything first to see how it looks on.
Mark the holes for drilling with a dry erase marker.
How we installed the solar panels on our van 1 test the setup before the installation.
Right when we finished installing everything we realized that we did not.
How to install renogy solar panels text edition 1.
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.
The curved z brackets are two separate sliding pieces.
Mounting solar panels to the roof of a van.