DIY custom solar panel mounts - 180° rotation!!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2018
- In this video I am installing custom solar panel brackets on top of my RV, but YOU COULD INSTALL THIS SAME SYSTEM ANYWHERE. I used a super simple method to create a completely adjustable bracket that can rotate up to 90° in both directions.
And the best part? Each bracket cost only $60 Cad (approx $50 usd)!
The available rotation is down to the unfixed nature of the bracket, so for security, be sure to buy some locks to stop people from stealing your panels.
If you find this helpful, give it a big old thumbs up, and hit the sub button if you haven't already and want to follow along. 😉
Great vid. This mount would work at home or on a pull behind mobile trailer as well. One tip for you. Write the month next to the proper slot. That way you will have the optimum orientation angle for your panels.
I would recommend putting time lock nuts on the extra part of the bolt so that the wing nuts don't come off while you're driving down the road
This is the best video on adjustable brackets for panels cost effective also.
Those slotted angle pieces from Home Depot are steel and they will corrode fairly quickly. Use aluminum instead, it will hold up much longer.
That's how they did my barn 10 years ago they have not rusted at all.
They are galvanised steel, they will last for years before the coating corrode
Just Brill vlog. Just got my two panels. Looking at buying brackets. But not now. Thanks to you. Will make them.
All the best with it Steve!
@@DareListFamily thank you for your message and vlog 😎
LOL I didn’t even know there was such a thing as grass boarding. That was AWESOME
Haha there is now!
Hello from Troutdale,Va.USA. I was either going with wood or unistrut.The wood would not last long, and I was looking at hundreds of $for unistrut. U saved me a lot of 💰. Thanks again .
Thank you for showing me how to box surf. Looking forward to the dry season now. (I'll try on green but I think dry helps)
Thank you so much!! That is awesome!! I've had the darnedest time finding videos for DIY adjustable solar mounts! How have they been working for you?
Cost effective, good job. 👍
Beautifully Brilliant! Thank you for sharing.
I like this method, I was way overthinking a solution like this, I will be using your configuration.
Awesome man, yeah it's a fairly straightforward configuration.
Forgot to mention, I also used roofing screws to secure the panels and a few nut and bolts to connect the metal to the underside frame of the panel too. Good luck! Ask any questions if you need any help. 😊
Love it, simple cheap, not the prettiest but gets the job done. I'm going to use this idea to mount panels to my Casita travel trailer
Omg love. Get a grinder. But good job being resourceful! 👍😅 I'm only part way through but loving the design concept
I am enjoying your channel! I love solar! thank you for sharing. It's soooo nice to see an Aussie channel :) Great idea btw!
You bloody ripper! Glad you're enjoying some fair dinkum Aussies banging on about renos. Okay, I can't do this whole 'speaking like Aussie slang' thing in writing... But thanks for following along and let us know if you have any questions. 😊
Dead easy. Thanks for sharing. I found the material on amazon and built the frames in a couple of hours to fit onto my cabin boat. Ideal for winter when the sun is low.
What are the metal L shaped things called?
I need to get some
@@ben8090 galvanised slotted-angle 1.5m or 3m 38mmx38mmx2mm
@@j.glennbauer508
Thanks for your help 👍
well done, clever!
Great idea, great job. Thanks for taking us along. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 Merry Christmas
Glad you found it helpful George! 😊
Excellent idea, thanks for sharing it 👍
Thx for the demonstration 👍🏼😁
Best diy bracket design and build I've seen. Your a star, will definitely copy your design. Thank you👊
Nice. It did help me to figure out design for my 50W panel.
Brilliant this is exactly what I was looking for!
Nice. Ive used angled aluminum extrusions to make similar tiltable solar panel mounts. They work better for me in the long run even though it's a bit more expensive as they do not rust. Keep an eye on these over time. Even if they are galvanized steel they are exposed to the elements and will rust and corrode on you. If the nuts and bolts aren't stainless you could also find them seizing up which will make tilting very difficult. Good luck!
i also used aluminium angles, but sercured with 3m vhb tape, 5952. i alu rivnuts straight in the solar panel frame. make sure the bolts are A4 marine grade stainless steel, acid proof. A2 will not do, there will be galvanic corrosion between the alu and the steel.
Great idea
Great simple solution 👌
very nice job . you gave me an idea to build a bigger panel mount system for home offgrid power.❤
Awesome idea! Thanks!
Great job!
Great Idea man
Brilliant 💡
Great Diy video! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome idea! This just helped me so much.
Nice Job young man. shows some ingenuity. Happy Trails ( gives a clue to my age Roy Rogers theme. )
great video. thank you for making it.
Glad you found it helpful Carlos. ☺️
Nice work my friend
Beautiful love it thanks for the video awesome
Boss I like ur way of making video... Love from India..
Thanks man! You gave me some great ideas!
Bloody Brilliant :))
genius !!!
Nice video. I would like to know how many batteries do you have in your solar system? How much time did you spend building it?
The amount of ppl saying what a great idea this is, seriously scares me. Wing nuts to secure a solar panel on a moving vehicle? Seriously. They'll vibrate loose over time. Great way to create a potential projectile. Ppl use your brains
keep it simple... I like it.
Awesome and fairly simple configuration. I'm gonna use it, thanks!
How many screws you used to connect the each rail to the solar panel's frame?
Just one bolt and nut connection at either end. ☺️
That means you've always got the ability to create the angle. If you had them running all the way along, you'd have to undo them all to get any kind of angle. And the straight piece of metal with the same size holes stays with us down in the van unless we're stopped and wanting to angle the panels towards the sun.
Cool man ! Wonder why you still have just 1.5k sub
What did you coat the fiberglass resin with to protect it from UV damage? Unless you either paint it with something to protect the fiberglass from UV, it will age and crack.
I discovered an equally simple way which allows the panels to tilt in all 4 directions. Simply mount the panels using hinges in each corner, but using only 1 bolt through the hinge. Then they can either tilt on the hinges, or tilt in the other direction on the bolts. Removing any 2 bolts from a panel would allow it to tilt in any direction.
Love it, another great solution! Thanks, Matthew. ☺️
Hi Matt, trying to figure out how to do the tilting in the 4 directions but am a little confused!! So....you mount 2 hinges on the bottom where he has the bolts for that tilt. Where are you putting hinge 3 and 4 to get the other tilt angle, at the same time? Kim
hmmmmmmm hinges 3 & 4 would go on the other two corners, but the movement is not a swivel, it's just up and down.
Slick !
Padlocks would be difficult to cut through but the brackets snap open easy with bolt cutters. ;)
Yeah that's true. It was never intended to be the world's greatest defence mechanism, but at least slow someone right down. And it would stop the kleptomaniac-type thief who sees on top of the roof from afar but comes unprepared. Ultimately, all solar pannels are at risk, and so that's the risk in owning an RV. If someone needs them so much that they're willing to do that, they can have them.
Great idea, going to pick some up. The music is a bit loud though compared to the audio. Kept having to adjust the volume.
that along music 'over' the commentary... turned the sound and just tried to see what happening. a good video ruined.
Great video,
Do you have one for the sealant that you used on the roof?
Dicor RV roof sealant
nice background music!
cool
The "L shaped strips" are called "Dexion"
Do you have design autocad format for this bracket?
With Avasva plans doing something like that was easy.
I don't understand why you didn't extend the angel iron to both ends of the solar panel so that it can be raised from ether side without having to flip it over. Then all you have to do is change the pivot nut & bolt to the other side.
Gona rust like crazy!!
galvanized so shouldn't
I love use Avasva Solutions for that issue.
Add cameras inside out
I did something similar with Avasva solutions.
do you see or heard of solar panel theft often?
How much watt pannel ?
Angle irons
Nice try, but you got some things wrong.
- You don't have 180 degrees of rotation, you have 90 degrees of angle tilt.
- Those are angle brackets.
- Steel is a poor long term choice. Aluminum is lighter.
- Fiberglass on the mounting 4x8 piece of plywood will only work on certain types of roofs, namely fiberglass roofs. Further, I'm not sure it helps much at all, and adds a bunch of weight. Why not fiberglass on aluminum rails to attach your angle brackets to?
- You have nothing to stop those wing nuts from rattling off, which they will. Lock washers would help.
um these metal things and um these screw thingies
Angle langht kitni hai
Zero rotation.
hold on you took the panel out of the box and laid it in the dirt. whay are you thinking put the carboard under it common sense is not present here
in a windstorm that'd blow to pieces