The upper piece is bolted to the panels while the lower piece adjusts to sit flush on the curved van roof.
Mounting solar panels to van roof.
Put the solar panels on top of your van where you d like them to be installed.
Attach brackets to the solar panels.
How to install renogy solar panels text edition 1.
The renogy kit comes with their z bracket mounting system which mounts.
Right when we finished installing everything we realized that we did not.
Mark the holes for drilling with a dry erase marker.
It s important to dry fit everything first to see how it looks on.
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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.
The curved z brackets are two separate sliding pieces.
2 pre install brackets on the solar panels 4 brackets for each panel.
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.
Dry fit the solar panels on the van roof.
What we used to mount our solar panels step 1.
Once you ve got the solar panels placed where they re going to.
3 relocate the brackets in the inside edge.
The panels themselves can take much higher wind speeds but it s all in how you mount them to the roof.