<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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. <div><br></div><div>Larry<br><div> <br><div><div>On Apr 7, 2009, at 6:31 AM, robert ellison wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I have put 3, 100 watt panels on travel trailers in the past so 1 should be no problem. </div> <div>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.</div> <div>I would worry about a panel as an airfoil, just because of the debris it will likely encounter at road speeds.</div> <div> </div> <div>Just some thoughts,</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan@solar4maine.com">ryan@solar4maine.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br> <br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br> <br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm" target="_blank">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/" target="_blank">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br> <br><br></blockquote></div><br> _______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br><br>Check out participant bios:<br>www.members.re-wrenches.org<br><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>