I just got done installing two Renogy 160W Flexible Panels on my Magnitude. It was prewired with a GoPower Solar Controller. I had these installed on my 2018 Outlaw 29H and now this is the second coach I have installed these panels. I have improved the way I mounted the panels this time around.
I like the flexible panels because they are much lighter and I can mount them without screwing them down into the roof.
Here is what I used to mount my flexible panels:
(2) White Corrugated Plastic Sheets.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Coroplas...896S/205351385
(12) Flanged Elevator Bolts with flat washers, lock washers and nuts and wing nuts. I used the type of elevator bolts that have points so they did in and won’t spin when tightening.
https://www.mcmaster.com/elevator-bolts/
EternaBond Tape
First, I cut the corrugated plastic sheets to just over the size of the solar panels.
Next, I drilled ¼” holes into the corrugated plastic where the mounting holes were located on the panels.
Then I inserted the elevator bolts through the backside of the plastic sheets and placed some Eterna Bond Tape over the metal base of the elevator bolts so the metal would not rub into the roof when the panels were mounted. I used a washer and nut to tightened the bolt so the base firmly sunk into the plastic before covering the base of the bolt with the EternaBond.
I then placed the plastic sheets on the roof and used Eternabond Tape to secure them.
I placed two flat washers over the elevator bolts and then laid the solar panel on the plastic sheets. I added another flat washer and tightened a regular nut by hand. I then added a lock washer and wing nut to finish securing the panels. The elevator bolts were zinc plated and the washers and nuts were stainless.
Here are a few pics I took of the project along the way…..
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