OT: solar panels on motor home

[Steve Firth]

It doesn't matter what the weight is or indeed the length. There were 44 tonne artics and bendy buses still moving that day. The only ones stuck were the tourists and the otherwise clueless.

[damduck-egg]

Any possibility of looking at adjustable mountings for large flat screen televisions and modifing them to hold a panel instead?

Or adapting the mount for a rotating aerial or a movable Satellite dish.

If you arn't looking at using one already Google on using an MPPT Solar controller as opposed to the simple types that most people use. Cost a lot more but if you are going down the Solar route it is usually for physical reasons rather than economic and you might as well use what you have to best advantage.

G.Harman

[RobertL]

it's also essential that there is nothing shading them. If only a small part is shaded the volts drop and it stops charging. It's good to have an Ammeter in series with the cable so you can orintate them optimally. I had to chain mine down to stop them being stolen, but that was in the UK.

R

[PeterC]

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll have a look.

[PeterC]

Yes, bit like signal strength. It's not critical to them as they're out most of the day and evening and also don't like to move the panels too often due to the hassle of getting up there. They'd have to be around at noon and they're up on t'hill then.

Not much risk of theft up a dead-end road in the French Alps but worth considering a lock for when the van's parked in the UK each Autumn.