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I'd like to make some kind of wind fairing to prevent as much wind as I can from going under the panels and pushing up. I don't want to have to drill anything, since that was the whole point of using VHB with this aluminum mounting rack setup. There are plenty of decent tutorials showing some...

Hi gang. I've finally got my panels mounted to my roof using VHB, but I'd like to go the extra mile by putting a couple redundant safety tethers in case something unexpected happens. Right now what I've done is used some steel wire (1/16" marine grade, the kind made for railings) and attached...

Hi all, I recently started installing a 300 watt renogy kit that I bought last year and am realizing that they may have designed the kit assuming you would wire the panels in series rather than in parallel. They provided a 10 amp mc4 inline fuse but I'm thinking that has no use so I'm trying...

I finally finished getting my three 100w panels on my RV using aluminum unistrut rails, and my first attempt at mounting them is using standard mounting clamps like these: https://www.solarflexion.com/product-p/c1210ec-24.htm They are clamped down tight and don't budge, but something feels a...

I've searched the web for weeks and have yet to come up with anything. All I want to know is what to buy to put a roof rack on a high top van (roof goes ~21 inches above the drip rail). I want to mount three 100w panels but believe mounting them onto some kind of rack is my only option. I...

I bought the 300w Renogy solar kit from Amazon but ended up getting a different charge controller so I'm selling the one it came with. It was never used and still has the plastic film on the display. Also comes with the bluetooth module so you can see what's going on via your smartphone. I'm...

This is kind of complicated to explain so bare with me.. I recently installed an automatic transfer switch into my RV and connected my inverter to it so that now shore power and my inverter can power the same existing set of outlets. Something surprised me when I was testing it. I forgot that...

Hi all, I'm a software developer (working remote) and I have recently purchased a van and have been upgrading it for off-grid living. I plan to move into it in about 10 months when my lease runs out to try and save money and be a bit closer to nature (when I feel like it). Will's videos (and...