[RE-wrenches] Solar power on Truck?

[Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar]

Bob, We have installed many hundreds of panels on RV's, semi's and  
other mobiles (even golf carts!). Good news: Never had anyone report  
damage.

Larry

On Apr 7, 2009, at 6:31 AM, robert ellison wrote:

> I have put 3, 100 watt panels on travel trailers in the past so 1  
> should be no problem.
> But AC is a hard load to run, i guess the easy part is that the  
> engine would do most of the battery charging for the system so a  
> single panel would be enough unless he was spending a bunch of time  
> in a parking lot just sitting.
> I would worry about a panel as an airfoil, just because of the  
> debris it will likely encounter at road speeds.
>
> Just some thoughts,
>
> Bob
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM, <ryan at solar4maine.com> wrote:
> Wrenches i had an interesting request today. I have a nieghbor who  
> is an over the road truck driver and he wants air conditioning while  
> he sleeps. The specifics i won't bore you with. but he has seen a  
> "Molded panel" that fits on the roof that takes the place of the  
> airfoil on the cab.
>
> Has any one seen anything like this? He really wants a pv panel on  
> the roof. He currently has a remote start generator onboard and we  
> will install a bank of deep cycle batteries and an inverter but i  
> question the Solar panel on the roof of the Tractor.
>
>
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