It's best time to fit Altro the hotter the betterLined the floor with 6mm closed cell foamand ply on top, It's for sound deadening, I wont lose much heat from there. Went for a drive and made a lot of difference. Altro next, sitting in the front room raring to go. The altro not me, I'm melting.
Where did you get the cover from?
I got it from Ebay and put my own stickers on it
Apart from the fumes from the glue making you feel all floatyIt's best time to fit Altro the hotter the better
Where from?
I think what we all want is the link for the ebay ad you bought from pretty please. I personally would do a deep search for it on ebay but going off the look of some, it'd be great if you had the link as it looks like yours is a good one.
here,but i did make my own stickers
With a little shunting you could squeeze another panel on those tracks. Very neat and tidy, very low and unobtrusive and not adding much windage. Also acts as an insulator against the suns heatFitted 2 x 150W panels to my roof and switched the cheap PWM to an MPPT.
The two panels are Firefly Energy 150W black panels from Amazon, £81 each, 104 x 75cm. I took one of on my recent holiday tour round Northern Europe to test it, and it seemed OK.
Fitted them to the T-tracks on my Reimo poptop, total weight 17kg, height increase of 6cm total. It was the easier way to put a removable panel on into the existing T-tracks. Perfect for for the width of the Reimo between the two raised profiles of the poptop roof.
Also added a couple of Craigsolar solar panel brackets at front and back with VHB tape and a rubber sealant between them and the roof, perfect fit, just for airflow and to hide cables. The whole solution is pretty solid on there but easily removable. Decided not to drill the roof at this stage but have organised it so the panels can be connected to the MPPT via a 12AWG XT60 cable through the tailgate without the need for holes.
Total cost, including the £60 Renogy MPPT and extra cables, was under £300. This feeds into the back of my Clayton LPS1 and seems to do a pretty good job of charging but will test tomorrow in earnest.
Also managed to sell my 200W Dokio portable panel on FB marketplace for £135 (£20 profit!) today so overall pretty pleased with it all so far.
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due to the air gap. I will imagine that no one will notice them while standing on the ground I really like your solar construction far better in my view than gluing flexible panels that will need replacing at a later date.
there would be room enough for another panel, you're right. Unfortunately my battery is only 100Ah so at the moment there's no real point till I upgrade the battery/electrics. I've left enough room though to fix the roof bars if needed.With a little shunting you could squeeze another panel on those tracks. Very neat and tidy, very low and unobtrusive and not adding much windage. Also acts as an insulator against the suns heat
Oh FFS, put a small dent and a scratch in my lovely new van with my own motorbike ...
knocked a ladder flying which went right down said cab door. It never did repaint as good 
How have you attached the t-tracks to the roof? Are they bolted through from the inside? Interested in this for if/when my panel dies. Did you seal the holes with something when you attached the tracks? Got any pics from inside the poptop?Fitted 2 x 150W panels to my roof and switched the cheap PWM to an MPPT.
The two panels are Firefly Energy 150W black panels from Amazon, £81 each, 104 x 75cm. I took one of on my recent holiday tour round Northern Europe to test it, and it seemed OK.
Fitted them to the T-tracks on my Reimo poptop, total weight 17kg, height increase of 6cm total. It was the easier way to put a removable panel on into the existing T-tracks. Perfect for for the width of the Reimo between the two raised profiles of the poptop roof.
Also added a couple of Craigsolar solar panel brackets at front and back with VHB tape and a rubber sealant between them and the roof, perfect fit, just for airflow and to hide cables. The whole solution is pretty solid on there but easily removable. Decided not to drill the roof at this stage but have organised it so the panels can be connected to the MPPT via a 12AWG XT60 cable through the tailgate without the need for holes.
Total cost, including the £60 Renogy MPPT and extra cables, was under £300. This feeds into the back of my Clayton LPS1 and seems to do a pretty good job of charging but will test tomorrow in earnest.
Also managed to sell my 200W Dokio portable panel on FB marketplace for £135 (£20 profit!) today so overall pretty pleased with it all so far.
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