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Tim
5/3/2018 09:31:08 am
Thanks Tom! That helps a lot. Looks like it might be possible to put one more panel on the passenger front side if you slide the front panel forward. The only issue I can see might be the curve on the front roof, but that could be remedied with some creative mounting (if it's even a problem to start with).
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Tom
5/3/2018 01:06:09 pm
I was somewhat fearful that putting the front panels to far forward as it might cause them to be lifted by the air rushing over the front of the Arctic Fox, so I probably put them farther back than they need to be figuring better safe than sorry.
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Barney Ward
5/3/2018 02:34:03 pm
The adjustable tilting panel brackets from AMSolar are what I used on my curved roof with good success.
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Tom
5/3/2018 03:30:16 pm
And I'm sure they would work quite well... For anyone that's not too lazy to climb up there and tilt the panels. But due to my lifelong affliction with slow progression laziness, I try to avoid doing anything that involves a ladder, a shovel, or getting up out of my easy chair.
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Barney Ward
5/3/2018 05:19:38 pm
The point was to fit the roof curvature not tilt the panels. If you have to tilt panels you don't have enough panels in my world.
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Tom
5/3/2018 06:09:59 pm
I get it, I was thinking about something else.
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Tim
5/4/2018 09:47:35 am
I've thought about using different size panels and may still do it. If I end up using two different charge controllers (because of the amperage), I'll probably strongly consider two sizes - probably 160 watt panels and 100 watt panels, but I won't know for sure until I can get on top of my unit and start taking some measurements.
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Tom
5/4/2018 10:58:23 am
In my previous 24 foot fifth wheel trailer I had two 100 watt solar panels on the roof and I tilted them when I was boondocking in the winter. It's not all that hard tilt two panels but I grew weary of putting them up and down every time I wanted to move and part of the annoyance of having to put them up and down was digging out my telescoping ladder and trying to raise it. I found out that if you don't keep a telescoping ladder in a dustproof bag sooner or later they get extremely difficult to open and close to the point where you dread using the thing. But I digress, thanks to advice I read from Handy Bob he suggested you're better off just getting more panels, and since that advice fit right in with my terminal laziness I took it and have never regretted it.
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