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05-23-2016, 10:06 AM
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Solar panels on roof
Has anyone who that has put solar panels on there roof regretted doing so?
How would you install them? Semi flexible and glue them? Would it cause the roof to get too hot?
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05-23-2016, 10:09 AM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Six panels on the PA for a few years. No problems. Installed with the common aluminum L brackets with stainless screws into the roof. Lay down a pool of Dicor, place the bracket and screw, then Dicor over the screw.
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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05-23-2016, 10:32 AM
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Newmar Owners Club Solo Rvers Club
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Location: Mountain West
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No regrets here. I glued my rigid panels down using L brackets and 5200 adhesive, fiberglass roof.
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Missy - 1998 MCI 102-EL3
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05-23-2016, 10:36 AM
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Winnebago Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFNM
No regrets here. I glued my rigid panels down using L brackets and 5200 adhesive, fiberglass roof.
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I used 3M 5200 fast cure and one screw per bracket to keep panel in place till the 5200 cured. Two of my three panels have been on for over five years with no problems. I have a fiberglass roof.
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05-23-2016, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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There's been a solar panel on my roof for 15 years. It's bolted to L brackets that are screwed into the roof. Although the panel absorbs heat because it's mostly black, it probably keeps the interior a tad cooler because it's about an inch above the roof and provides shade.
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05-23-2016, 11:04 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
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Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
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No regrets, just wish I had done it sooner.
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2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
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05-23-2016, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
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I've never met anyone who regretted putting solar on their rig. I've also used the 5200 on my fiberglass roof, and it works well. I recently added another 100w panel using 3M VHB double sided tape with tilt brackets. It's pretty amazing stuff too, 600 miles tested on that so far.
I like using tilt brackets, mainly for cleaning the roof under the panels.
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05-23-2016, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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I used the same method as vsheets, but only 3 panels.
When I store for 6 months, I switch off the inverter and lock the doors. Batteries are charged 100% when I get back.
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05-23-2016, 11:48 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2016
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Wow thanks guys. Do you think it would work to 5200 glue the semi flexible panels directly to the rubber/latex roof?
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05-23-2016, 11:54 AM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vsheetz
Six panels on the PA for a few years. No problems. Installed with the common aluminum L brackets with stainless screws into the roof. Lay down a pool of Dicor, place the bracket and screw, then Dicor over the screw.
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That's the way CC installed the panels on our rig and no problems have developed.
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RV'ing since 1957, NRA Benefactor Life, towing '21 Jeep JLU Rubicon Ecodiesel
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05-23-2016, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: High up in Arizona
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sampam
Wow thanks guys. Do you think it would work to 5200 glue the semi flexible panels directly to the rubber/latex roof?
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You may be the first to regret putting panels on your roof.  Just kidding but if you do this and you ever want to remove them or do roof maintenance you may have a problem. I used the 3M VHB on my home made brackets that can tilt and stuck them to my fiberglass roof and they are not going anywhere they shouldn't.
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05-23-2016, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Winnebago Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Kingman Az
Posts: 1,655
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had mine since 99, no regret's at all. wish they had been cheaper back then, would have added more.
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05-23-2016, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 530ktm
You may be the first to regret putting panels on your roof. Just kidding but if you do this and you ever want to remove them or do roof maintenance you may have a problem. I used the 3M VHB on my home made brackets that can tilt and stuck them to my fiberglass roof and they are not going anywhere they shouldn't. |
You can also use the 3M VHB tape to attach the flexible panels directly without a bracket. Then just use a thin wire to "saw" through the VHB tape if you ever want to remove them.
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