HOW TO - DIY Solar Panel Install

After just one weekend away we realised that the solar panels were just not up to the job so in this video I will show you that you can install solar panels yourself. It doesn't matter what you are trying to fit it too the principle is all the same and it's easy.
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00:00 - Start
05:07 - Fitting the Brackets to the solar panel
06:25 - Day of the Panel install
07:32 - Lifting the panel up
12:13 - Making sure the panel is square
12:52 - Marking the bracket locations
14:03 - Keying the bracket footprints
15:44 - Marking the bracket locations with frog tape
17:11 - Don't forget to key the brackets too
18:23 - Applying the bonding
19:37 - lifting the panel into place
26:23 - Weighting the panel down
26:36 - Inside the van
28:29 - Back in the garage making the battery cables
35:45 - Drilling the hole for the cable
37:26 - What size hole do we need through the roof?
41:47 - Fitting the entry box
44:39 - The Victron App

[@DodgyFPV]

Ferules would be a good shout for those loose ends

[@FootstepsTyretracks]

That’s a great shout thanks 👍

[@alexwaslin1541]

Great job! Suggest some silicone grease or soap on the cable entry rubber instead of WD40 - reduces risk of cable sheath or cable entry enclosure rubber perishing.

[@FootstepsTyretracks]

That is something I hadn’t considered but I will definitely look at it to get that fixed thanks for the suggestion 👍

[@Bracebarian]

looks like a job well done. Maybe consider a wet(washing up liquid and water) finger when smoothing out the sealant it wont stick to your finger so much.

[@FootstepsTyretracks]

What a great tip thanks I’m sure I will need that a sometime 👍