<div dir="auto">Jason, I have done several . My first one had 3 85 watt panels on Unirac rails attached to the same support as the original plastic roof. Worked great but the rain leaked through the panel spaces. Then a few years ago I replaced the 3 panels with one Solarworld 250. I had to beef up the front mounting points on the front hood but otherwise have run it continuously for over 13 years with just one battery replacement and never charged from the grid since panels were installed. </div><div dir="auto">Used Genesun 36v charge controller</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The next one was a 8 passenger stretched </div><div dir="auto">Cart. The quick and dirty conversion for this one was two wood strips screwed to the fiberglass roof the length of the roof spaced to fit just inside the two 325 watt panels. Used a Victron charge controller for this 48v cart, 2 panels in series. Both carts have been used at Solarfest events and the first one also on</div><div dir="auto">Our sheep farm year round. I Leave it out all winter and shovel up to two feet of snow off it at times. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Go to Solarfest.org. Click on</div><div dir="auto">Home, then scroll to the bottom and the scrolling photos have the 8 passenger cart. That rig ran non-stop for the 3 days and nights hauling people & band equipment and</div><div dir="auto">And never ran out of charge. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let me know if you want more photos. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">John Blittersdorf </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"><div>Has anyone done a conversion with a solar panel to replace the entire roof of a golf cart? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would love to get some tips on that. I'm surprised a quick search did not bring up a lot of kits. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jason Szumlanski </div><div dir="auto">Florida Solar Design Group </div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><div style="text-align:center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-weight:400;text-align:start;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><tbody style="font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"></tbody></table></div></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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