I fitted a 160w solar panel today [thumbsupbig]
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I fitted a 160w solar panel today [thumbsupbig]
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Mine had a rinse on Tuesday. It poured down.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
Nice, how did you route the cable into the cabin - a hole and grommet through the roof ?Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Yes through that grommet, It was a weird grommet though and it had a square hole in the roof.Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
I drilled it round and fitted a new rubber grommet and used plenty of silicone to keep the water out.[thumbsupbig]
That grommet ? Can you describe what you did...Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
I dug it out with a screwdriver, It was pretty brittle seeing that it has been there for the last 16 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
I then drilled out the hole to make it bigger and round so that I could fit a new round rubber grommet for the wires to pass through.
A lick of paint a new grommet and plenty of silicone made for a nice waterproof fitting [thumbsupbig]
Is that Silicone holding the mounts on? [emoji15]
Please tell me it’s either got screws as well.
What was the grommet there for originally? I cannot remember if the D2 had a ‘factory’ anything up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Its Sikaflex NO screws into the roof only through the mounts onto the panel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
I have done the same before on a Navara roof and the panel stayed rock solid even at speed, That Sikaflex is bloody amazing stuff[thumbsupbig]
Cool... the first image, it must be the light, it looks like translucent silicone [emoji41]Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
I’ve seen a van owner do it (cheap out and go Silicone) and panels came off as a truck passed. I just missed them (x3)
