Added 2 50w panels on the front

[Theiznezz]

 

[A Savage Adventure]

That looks really cool! However, the engineering side of me wonders about the wind stress and shearing imposed on those panels at highway speeds.

:idea:

 

[Theiznezz]

Honestly I'm worried about that too. I put gorilla glue on the brackets and screwed then down. I'm going to take it on the highway tonight and see what happens. I drove it around today and haven't seen any signs of stress. Just going to keep a close eye on it for awhile.

 

[John61CT]

Next time it's windy find a place with no traffic and go full speed into the wind, maybe even on an empty highway middle of the night.

 

[Theiznezz]

Here's a pic of the whole system

 

[highdesertranger]

so I take it you are running a PWM controller? highdesertranger

 

[Theiznezz]

No. Mppt

 

[A Savage Adventure]

Was that photo taken from a drone? Here's a photo my drone got of my weakly little 90W Solar Panel.

 

[Theiznezz]

Guess I made a mistake. Anybody recommend a quality PWM controller? I took the picture off my friends balcony

 

[frater secessus]

Might be simpler to just put those panels on their own little controller to keep from mismatching the panels with your earlier ones.    I assume that's the issue the PWM/MPPT input referred to.

One benefit of the mounting the new ones on the front is that facing south you'd get some tilt advantage.