The new solar panel arrived. Tobey was so anxious to get it installed – the only problem is it takes two people and I don’t do motor home roofs! Poor Tobey had to wait almost two weeks before Tyler was back home to help finish the installation.
Late Sunday afternoon they climbed up and rolled out the panel which has an adhesive backing – similar to contact paper, and hooked it up. During the installation process they had to keep the panel covered so it wouldn’t start generating electricity and shock them.
After they attached the panel, Tyler helped smooth out all the bubbles underneath. On the first walk through he was really close to the edge of the roof so I made him hold his dad’s arm to make sure he didn’t fall off!
I made a quick trip inside to see if the install was successful – and it was!
Even with the late afternoon sun - 6:00 pm - we were generating .4 amps! A little detail work to complete and in less than two hours they were done!
At 8:30 this morning Tobey checked and the panel was generating 1.3 amps and by 9:00 a.m. it was up to 1.7 amps. I’m sure he will go out every couple hours to check the progress as the days warms up. His ambitious goal is the panel will generate 20 amps a day to offset the energy drain on the house battery. We’ll see.
Overall, he is quite pleased with his purchase and their installation. This is how the RV roof and panel looks now.
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