Solar Panel Install on Roof with NO HOLES!!!

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2 жыл бұрын

Installing my 200 Watt Eco-Worthy Solar Panel Kit
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@toddshook1765 34 минут бұрын

Good idea with wind deflector on leading edge. Thanks for tip.

@Jollyprez 2 жыл бұрын

Putting my solar on top of trailer this weekend - using same white corner / side brackets. However, I'm attaching with glue. Glad you reminded me about safety line, will do that, too.

@BCBackwaters 2 жыл бұрын

Yes better safe then sorry! Hope it’s turns out well!

@lawrencewiddis2447 23 күн бұрын

@@Jollyprez what type of roof?

@Jollyprez 23 күн бұрын

@@lawrencewiddis2447 Aluminum. They've been up for a couple years now - and working fine - and haven't detached.

@larrywiddis470 28 күн бұрын

The use of tape instead of screws depends on the roof surface.

@BCBackwaters 24 күн бұрын

@@larrywiddis470 Absolutely it does I’ve seen this method used on both fiberglass and aluminum. Also in 36 degrees Celsius but not sure how it would hold up in desert applications.

@lawrencewiddis2447 23 күн бұрын

@@BCBackwaters having a rubber roof precluded my use of an adhesive but should I install again on fiberglass or metal I’d use 3M without worry. In the first days of solar lots of RVers were worried about panels blowing off. I’ve yet to see a panel on the side of the road or viewed an RV missing one.

@Allhardwoodfloor Жыл бұрын

thanks dude

@patriciawade762 10 ай бұрын

That was amazing! Thank you so much for your video. Very well done. I only hope that I can do as good a job as you did 😬 being a woman and all lol.

@BCBackwaters 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I am sure you will do amazing and if you have any questions feel free to ask!

@gtahalestorm7583 10 ай бұрын

I’m gonna attach solar panels to my RV the same way and I just found both tapes on Amazon. I’m gonna order it now but I was wondering how they hold up to heat because I do live in the southern Nevada

@PromasterSuperHighVan-fx2th 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video! Do you have a link for the wind deflector?

@BCBackwaters 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I don’t as I just bent some thin aluminum I had kicking around.

@PromasterSuperHighVan-fx2th 2 ай бұрын

@@BCBackwaterssuper good idea!!

@drumsnbass Жыл бұрын

I’d love to know how this is holding up for you. These are no longer stocked on Amazon. I contacted the company & they said they no longer sell these in the US. I know where to find some, but a year in are they good?

@Oliverkousha Жыл бұрын

Hi what’s the name of that tape?

@george1984 Жыл бұрын

Found your video while thinking about how to mount a solar panel on top of a trailer. Thanks for sharing these experiences, but would have preferred to see innovations in mounting with adhesive, testing done in a lab, not on the road. Once it fails , some people will die.

@BCBackwaters Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your opinion and did a lot of research on if it will hold, also applied a metal safety line which was bolted to the awning bracket encase the tape failed the panel wouldn’t fly off.

@lawrencewiddis2447 22 күн бұрын

@@george1984 adequate sealing of screws when installed with yearly roof coating and screws aren’t a problem.

@CanadianRedneck70 2 жыл бұрын

Got a link for those brackets you used?

@BCBackwaters 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have added a link to the video description!

@12vLife Жыл бұрын

What's the real life of that tape on a hot metal roof? In Florida likely toast after a good summer sun and rain.

@crc528 Жыл бұрын

WHERE DID YOU GET THE PLASTIC BRACKETS?

@BCBackwaters Жыл бұрын

I got these on Amazon I will put a link in the description tomorrow.

@brianj9262 3 ай бұрын

How long until the panel cracked by bouncing around on that flimsy roof?

@BCBackwaters 3 ай бұрын

I had it up there for two years never had a single issue. Sold the trailer with it still on the roof.

@brianj9262 3 ай бұрын

@BCBackwaters no kidding. Those panels must have strong glass

@lawrencewiddis2447 22 күн бұрын

@@brianj9262 driving bounce is far more severe than roof flex and I’ve had no cracking.

@lawrencewiddis2447 22 күн бұрын

@@brianj9262 yes most good panels do. Look for the hail rating.

@slg792 2 жыл бұрын

Comment before I watch.

@slg792 2 жыл бұрын

Where the next video? We are waiting for it!

@BCBackwaters 2 жыл бұрын

It will be on this Friday I was away last Friday. This week will will be quad related but don’t worry trailer videos will be coming over the next few weeks!

@ChuckisOutside Жыл бұрын

Did you make the wind deflector or buy it?

@BCBackwaters Жыл бұрын

I made it just a thin piece of aluminum we bent

@lawrencewiddis2447 11 ай бұрын

I’d defer to a wind engineer before deflecting passage under the panel. “Logical” thinking isn’t always correct thinking.

@Jorge-ez9dm Жыл бұрын

Where did you buy the wind deflector?

@BCBackwaters Жыл бұрын

We made it out of a piece of thin aluminum just you tin snips to cut it an bent it over the corner of a table worked out really nicely

@danschmidt1 Жыл бұрын

Don’t put a air deflector, the panels need air flow underneath

@davidmilledge221 7 ай бұрын

@@danschmidt1I think from the sides and back that there's plenty off air flow buddy ,hmm 😂

@jaypstech 9 ай бұрын

Has this held up until now?

@BCBackwaters 9 ай бұрын

I actually sold the trailer earlier this year but yes it held up the entire time even in some pretty bad wind storms. It went with the trailer like the day it was installed no issues or changes.

@lawrencewiddis2447 10 ай бұрын

The need for wind deflectors? Allowing the passage of wind under a solar panel is ideal.

@philc.9280 4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Wind deflectors on a flat panel that low won't make any difference plus wind going under the panel with help cool it down. It gets really hot under that glass.