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Old 08-15-2009, 03:29 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jedi_sol View Post
or you could build a custom tray to place on top of your roof, then put the solar cells in the tray.

or you could put the smaller cells in between the ridges
I was thinking more like cutting out the upper panel of the roof, and putting a flat sheet in about 3/8" deeper, so that the cells and the plexi would match up to the original roof line, nix the ridges altogether.

I also have about 3-4 sqft of black dash panel that does nothing except collect sunlight all day... I think I could use that also, if I ended up with extra cells.

Better to tab the cells together for 14V?
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