Post by: nab on March 26, 2019, 09:03:30 PM
Anyone used the standard locking style drawer slides on the outside of their car with good results?
Any other ideas? Want to keep it super simple, doesn’t really need bearings or anything, maybe like a smaller C channel sliding into a bigger C channel? Only have about a 50mm gap to fit in. Not keen to spend big dollars either... will be used for touring so needs to handle mild corrugations and some rough-ish stuff.
Panel will be 110W, roughly 1000mm x 680mm, approx 10kg.
Post by: KeithB on March 26, 2019, 10:42:20 PM
https://www.indrub.com.au/45kg-drawer-slide-stainless-steel.html (https://www.indrub.com.au/45kg-drawer-slide-stainless-steel.html)
I'd suggest you get slides rated at at least three times your planned weight, so they don't sag.
I have a 200 watt panel located permanently under roof bars and I lose a little for sure. But it will blow a 10 amp fuse in full sun.
Keith
Post by: nab on March 27, 2019, 12:22:15 AM
Post by: Aaron Schubert on March 28, 2019, 11:22:42 AM
They are pretty expensive, and a lot of people are just making their own up. I'm not sure I'd use normal ones outdoors - I had a bit of sand get into mine in the back of the car and it was a nightmare.
Have you considered using plastic runners, instead of ball bearing slides? Drifta run them on their drawers, and they are excellent and would take to weather and abrasion much better
Aaron
Post by: nab on March 28, 2019, 07:30:06 PM
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Post by: Trev-p on March 28, 2019, 11:38:55 PM
Less than $50 all up and the kitchen will weigh 10x that of a solar panel.
BCF sell the blue boat skids about $17 for 1.5m I think.
Post by: DrewXT on March 28, 2019, 11:58:01 PM
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Post by: Aaron Schubert on March 29, 2019, 07:50:47 AM
Where abouts do you get the plastic runners from?
I'm not sure if you can buy them off the shelf, but most people just make them up out of strips of nylon, or polystone or the like. As long as the drawer is locked in position up and down, and in and out they do a pretty amazing job
Aaron
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Post by: jwb on March 29, 2019, 02:06:11 PM
Unable to remember name but Iirc they were on the gold coast somewhere??
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Post by: tryagain on March 29, 2019, 09:51:42 PM
A mate used some purpose made aluminium extrusion with rollers to match
Unable to remember name but Iirc they were on the gold coast somewhere??
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Sounds like the Occo track from Ovesco, although they are no longer on the Gold Coast
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