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Early Devon pop-top solar panel cable routing
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<blockquote data-quote="robjarman" data-source="post: 572674" data-attributes="member: 13583"><p>are you mounting the panel permanently to the roof? I have same kind of Devon pop top as you, had it all off and refurbed - you could drill through the fibreglass plinth but I would avoid it as opens way to cracking and crazing and hitting the tin roof behind it...and anyway I like to keep things orignal and unmolested...</p><p></p><p>I place a solar panel on the roof section above the rear hatch when I need it, sitting in the gutter and bungy corded on the top edge, avoiding masking ANY of the PV cell surface, and run the cables through to connectors inside the rear right hand cupboard feeding through the rear tailgate bottom RH corner - there's enough space sandwiched into the rubber seal even with the gate fully shut - trial and error for the exact place to fit without crushing the cables...</p><p></p><p>use proper PV DC cables with weatherproof connectors - availabe on ebay of course - and connect to proper PV controller unit to manage the feed to leisure battery...all well fused of course...</p><p></p><p>good luck!!</p><p></p><p>cheers</p><p>Rob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robjarman, post: 572674, member: 13583"] are you mounting the panel permanently to the roof? I have same kind of Devon pop top as you, had it all off and refurbed - you could drill through the fibreglass plinth but I would avoid it as opens way to cracking and crazing and hitting the tin roof behind it...and anyway I like to keep things orignal and unmolested... I place a solar panel on the roof section above the rear hatch when I need it, sitting in the gutter and bungy corded on the top edge, avoiding masking ANY of the PV cell surface, and run the cables through to connectors inside the rear right hand cupboard feeding through the rear tailgate bottom RH corner - there's enough space sandwiched into the rubber seal even with the gate fully shut - trial and error for the exact place to fit without crushing the cables... use proper PV DC cables with weatherproof connectors - availabe on ebay of course - and connect to proper PV controller unit to manage the feed to leisure battery...all well fused of course... good luck!! cheers Rob [/QUOTE]
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