What?! NO Drilling Holes in the RV roof? Is it strong enough? I’ll show you how I installed these very large solar panels on the RV roof. BONUS: How to save lots of money by buying used solar panels.
00:00 RV Solar Panel Installation
00:50 Should You Buy Used Solar Panels?
02:35 How to test solar panels?
07:05 Planning my solar panel layout on the RV roof
08:20 How to Remove Satellite and TV antenna from RV
13:34 How to create a Unistrut Strut Channel Track Solar Panel Mount
16:54 How to mount solar panels on RV without drilling holes in the roof
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