Adding Solar Panels to the Rangeline

The Airstream Rangeline comes with a 200W solar panel, which isn't quite enough to keep up with daily usage on the van. There's some available roof space, so I decided to add more panels to up the solar capacity.
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[@danielsnyder3563]

Differential thermal expansion - it'll get you every time! Great video though.

[@bajarvcouple]

Thanks for sharing, looks like I’ll stick to my portable solar panel.

[@williamfarris3953]

What kind of bolts did you use for the fiberglass poptop installation? I wonder if you could just put 2 bolts in the front leading edge and rely on alien tape or other super duty double sided tape for the rest, may making four courses of tape rather than 2. The hope is that if done while the roof is cool, heat expansion would stretch everything tight but within limits. I really appreciate your experimental cutting edge work for our benefit.

[@dunclawler]

1/2" #8 hex screws. I wanted to make sure not to punch through the roof material on the inside. I'm a bit paranoid of things coming off and would be nervous with just two screws and tape. There's a channel down both sides that runs down the middle of the panel so you can't tape there - leaving just 3" on each side for tape.