Fitting Solar Panels To Roof Rack

The second option is called a comp out where your installer will remove the tiles where you intend to put solar then lay down composite shingle to install the array.

Fitting solar panels to roof rack. The solar panel mounts are bolted onto the rack so we can swap in new brackets if we want to upgrade our panels or remove them completely and have a cargo rack. In order to fit thicker 3 8 bolts into the 1 4 holes on the hightec solar panel we drilled out the hole with a 3 8 bit. On all bolts we used blue loctite. 200w of solar panels on the roof rack installing the solar panels is done by using unistrut cone connectors 1 4 inch or 3 8 inch to attach to the slotted steel l brackets.

To secure the solar panels to the unistrut crossbars we used 3 8 bolts external tooth lock washers and nylon unistrut cone nuts.