Jayco roof

[GUTourer]

Help!!!

I need to know if I can safely stand on the roof of a jayco eagle to install my solar panels!??!  I physically cannot reach the middle (centre) of the roof where I'm trying to fix my battons without standing on it.  Its the two piece roof if that matters!

[GUTourer]

bump sorry guys need someone who can confirm this ...

[Hairs]

G'day GUTourer,
I'm not a small bloke by any means, 118kg and I have very carefully with the aid of a couple pieces of 90x35 pine laid across the roof of our old Swan got up there while the roof was down to re-seal the 4 seasons hatch.
With the roof down and a couple of pieces of timber across it I can't see why you couldn't.

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[GUTourer]

Appreciate that hairs, thats kinda what I had in mind.  Was going to lay planks from each left and right edge across the van roof but just wanted someones voice who had done it before.  I had envisaged the damn roof snapping down the middle and then forever having leaks .....

[Hairs]

No worries mate, you'll be able to fix your panels and away you go.
Happy & safe travels.

[Burnsy]

Have also stood on the roof with planks across it.  No way I would do it without planks though.

[NewMax]

Haven't stood on the roof of our Flamingo but have crawled across to give our solar panel a good clean

[Bm0]

Just a follow up question to the above, I have a 2003 Dove and I am about to do the same (fit a panel)

Will a stud finder work to find the cross members to screw into? My plan is to use aluminium angle to mount the panel.

is there a better way?

(sorry for slight thread hijack)

B

[GUTourer]

Just a follow up question to the above, I have a 2003 Dove and I am about to do the same (fit a panel)

Will a stud finder work to find the cross members to screw into? My plan is to use aluminium angle to mount the panel.

is there a better way?

(sorry for slight thread hijack)

B

No probs at all mate this is vital info IMHO and something I would be keen to hear the opinions of others as well.  Like you I have sikaflexed and stainless steel bolted the 50x50x4mm aluminium angle to the front and sides of my panels, leaving a 15-20mm gap underneath the panel for air flow (THE BLOODY JAYCO ROOF IS NOT LEVEL!!!!).

[WaituiRob]

Hi,
  I read on another forum where some people are using these kind of mounts for their panels.
           http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Solar-Panel-Mounting-Bracket-Kit-Cable-Block-BLACK-MED-Caravan-RV-Boat-/180942324289?pt=AU_Solar&hash=item2a2100c241

Cheers, Robyn

[GUTourer]

Hi,
  I read on another forum where some people are using these kind of mounts for their panels.
           http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Solar-Panel-Mounting-Bracket-Kit-Cable-Block-BLACK-MED-Caravan-RV-Boat-/180942324289?pt=AU_Solar&hash=item2a2100c241

Cheers, Robyn

YUPO they are the ones jayco uses to mount them ...... at least when I swung by Jayco Bairnsdale thats what he showed me.  I will say this here as well in my own jayco thread DO NOT USE 30MM SCREWS!!!!!!!!!!    GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Thanks for the link 

[seenthelight]

Mounted my between the roof racks,
I can still wash under the panels and use a mop to clean the top.
Cheer
Geoff