Great job and great idea for not drilling, just using double sided sticky tape. I too am wanting to put solar panels on the top of my truck canopy and not drilling into the fiberglass canopy. Thank you for your great idea and using double sided tape. 👍🙂
It makes sense to mount it to the panel if you're comfortable making the lower part of the panel the hinge and creating the holes for the ball joint to pass through and connect to the compression strut. The other thing to consider is that the "rails" that mount to the roof from this kit I bought were not symmetrical, I.E. they both had to be the same orientation because if they weren't, the holes were in different places length-wise and therefore the hinge wouldn't work. Much easier to show than explain. But long of the short, with this setup I was able to have them in the same orientation where as if the panel were just the hinge you would likely have to have a "left" and a "right with the bottom facing out. Hope this helps?
@@stahpit1971 the charge controller and wiring was for a 200 watt setup and I was space constrained so only the 100 watts. For more power I have a 200w solar suitcase that goes to a separate charge controller. Only need it on the winter though- for summer this is more than enough.
Brilliant job .Liverpool 🇬🇧
Super idea ❤
Good job Lincoln 👍🏻, no drilling, that’s so cool!
NICE ! If you can afford it do the other side ! 👍👍
Great job and great idea for not drilling, just using double sided sticky tape.
I too am wanting to put solar panels on the top of my truck canopy and not drilling into the fiberglass canopy.
Thank you for your great idea and using double sided tape. 👍🙂
Great idea! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼
Hey ! Such a good idea ! With my panels they are much bigger do you think you’d be ok with mounting the strut directly to the panel ? Thanks
It makes sense to mount it to the panel if you're comfortable making the lower part of the panel the hinge and creating the holes for the ball joint to pass through and connect to the compression strut. The other thing to consider is that the "rails" that mount to the roof from this kit I bought were not symmetrical, I.E. they both had to be the same orientation because if they weren't, the holes were in different places length-wise and therefore the hinge wouldn't work. Much easier to show than explain. But long of the short, with this setup I was able to have them in the same orientation where as if the panel were just the hinge you would likely have to have a "left" and a "right with the bottom facing out. Hope this helps?
Not drilling is always an excellent method. Did you consider using a higher wattage panel?
@@stahpit1971 the charge controller and wiring was for a 200 watt setup and I was space constrained so only the 100 watts. For more power I have a 200w solar suitcase that goes to a separate charge controller. Only need it on the winter though- for summer this is more than enough.