How To Mount a Solar Panel - 7 Steps

In our previous article we shared with you on system components required to install a fully functional Solar Power Panels.Perhaps you've purchased your first solar panel, and you don't want to pay a pricey contractor to install it for you.

You're a handy person, capable with a tool belt, well-versed with the hammer, nail, screwdriver and drill. This project might just be for you. Hopefully the following steps will enable you to do the installations

1.Pick out a spot for your solar panel on either the west or east side of the roof, wherever it will receive the most the sun.

2.Mounts should be placed four feet apart and on top of rafters. You can use a stud finder or the blueprints of your home to find those rafters

3.Drill holes carefully into the rafters. You do not want them to split. These holes are where your steel bolts will fasten the solar-panel mounts to roof.

Mounting Solar Panels

4.Secure the mounts with steel bolts. Make sure to seal the area around the bolts in order to keep your thermal envelope air tigh

5.Fasten the solar panels to the mounts. Usually the solar panels will come rebuilt with an easy-to-fasten panel to mount interface. Make sure that the solar panels are off the roof by at least a quarter of a foot. Airflow helps the panels operate at peak efficiency.

6.Your solar panel is mounted. You can now connect it to your electrical supply. Talk to an electrician or a qualified personel about this. Below is a wiring diagram, if you would decide to do it by yourself.

Solar Panel Wiring Diagram