I go through all the steps I took to install 2 solar panels on the roof of a poptop caravan and explain why I decided to go with this solution.

No penetrations through the roof! I used appropriate adhesives and ran the wires externally using my unique method to facilitate the need for extending wiring when the roof pops.

NOTE: Thorough research was conducted before committing to this method. The tensile strength of the adhesive I used is enormous; being able to resist over a tonne of uplift on a single mounting. Concerns with the adequacy of the mountings have been omitted by installing a redundancy device (a braided steel cable threaded through the solar panels themselves and screwed to the outer aluminium shroud of the poptop) which will not allow the panels to lift in the event of a failure. This was done after filming and not included in this video yet is a recommended method of backing up the safety of the system.

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