Lets see your roof

[Vic Harder]

330 watt solar panel, maxtrax, 7 in one antenna on a ground plane, Lee Valley T-slot and 1" tubing create the rack, open space is where the canoe sits, wedged between those aluminum L brackets. It never budges. 60F/40R lifter shocks.

 

[GflGdog]

Vic, is it more difficult to lower the front with the 60 lb shocks in the front?

 

[Vic Harder]

not usually. With the heavy solar panel up front, it is consistently work to lift and with the fan on exhaust, it comes down slowly. Add the canoe, and up is a two person (or speaker lift) job, and it comes down eagerly enough. Oddly, the rear 40# requires a bit of a tug to get it started on the way down. That one I would call ideally balanced, as it will hold the roof half way up, so you can rest/reposition your hands when pushing/pullling.

 

[DesertDog]

Three Renogy, 100 W flexible panels on homebuilt aluminum frames mounted to the factory tracks. One in front is an older one that was originally glued to roof and now also mounted on a frame to allow air circulation under the panel. SAE roof port replaced with a MC4 type pass through housing.

Pic of my panel support frame made from stock aluminum extrusions and pop-rivets:

 

[antwon412]

A not great photo thru the screen from my home office. One of the panels wasn’t even mounted yet.
1 x Renogy 175w
2 x Renogy 100w

 

[markturnip]

Most curious to know how people are running cables into camper through roof discreetly without tearing open their ceiling roof liner?

Edit: Can't delete post, but have since found plenty other threads!