Building a solar panel rack from UNISTRUT in our VW Crafter

[@LittleCamperNZ]

Hi Guys, at some stage you may want to replace the nuts with nylon lock nuts to stop them working loose with vibration.

[@ThePetersonOdyssey]

Kia ora. Thanks for the advice. We are always keen to have anything that will help us make the van better

[@mark7218]

I have just stumbled on your channel and have watched your build videos and I think you are doing a great job and that you are great couple keep up the good work, all the way from the isle of wight South of England.

[@ThePetersonOdyssey]

Kia ora Mark. Thanks so much. We are in a pause with our van build as we are in lockdown and the van is in a different part of the country that we just can’t reach! Therefore the videos have slowed down a lot. Comments like yours help keep the motivation high when it is naturally a bit low. Megan

[@mark7218]

@@ThePetersonOdyssey I look forward to the continuation of the build when it's possible to do so take care .

[@ThePetersonOdyssey]

Thanks Mark. Back to it now. Got the van shipped back to our city so we can keep working on it

[@mark7218]

@@ThePetersonOdyssey That's great new.

[@dougmeyer5715]

Nice job guys.

[@ThePetersonOdyssey]

Thanks Doug! We are quite proud of ourselves!

[@mattkeen1986]

Hey :) nice build! How are you finding the amount of wattage you have for the solar? Is it enough?

[@ThePetersonOdyssey]

Hey Matt. We are not sure yet as we are still getting everything connected. Not live yet. We “think” that this will be enough for our needs as we’ve done a bunch of calculations. We have space to add in a fourth battery, should we need it, which will help us retain the solar power we will generate. M and D

[@mattkeen1986]

@@ThePetersonOdyssey thanks for the reply:) cool, that's around about the same as what I'm going for - also based on the calculations I've done. Although you never really know until you do it!

[@shtrooodel]

Looking at the specs, the panel in the middle is 1700mm wide right? would you say it is the correct width? (I plan to put 4 of those across)

[@ThePetersonOdyssey]

It’s 1698mm x 1002mm. It fits well across the Crafter. If you have nothing else on your roof, you could get 3 and pushing 4. Thanks

[@shtrooodel]

@@ThePetersonOdyssey Thanks!

[@kenluther9948]

I have this saying, "Never drill holes in your roof". Bad things will follow.