In this video I outline my process of how I mounted five 530 Watt solar panels onto the roof of my Lance 2185 travel trailer. The front 4 solar panels are wired 2 in series and 2 in parallel going to a larger charge controller. The 5th panel is wired on its own charge controller.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:21 What The Trailer Came With
1:24 Clearing Obstructions
2:40 The Method Of Mounting Decided
3:28 Building The Unistrut Racking
5:13 Attaching the Unistrut To The Roof
6:56 The Wire Run
7:47 Attaching The Solar Panels To The Racking
9:31 The End Result
11:34 Winter Testing
12:26 Testing It Going To Arizona