Solar Panel and Hail?

[mudgudgeon]

@Dissent, slight hikack, does the prinsu rack whistle? I like the concept, but previously had a rack with lots of tie down holes in it that whistled horendously

 

[Dissent]

@Dissent, slight hikack, does the prinsu rack whistle? I like the concept, but previously had a rack with lots of tie down holes in it that whistled horendously

Not a bit. I went on a 5000 mile cross country trip immediately after installing and never heard a peep. 2 years later I forget its up there and I'm very picky about noise. I had a Thule bag on that long trip and it was positioned just rear of center and it too was quiet. in fact, we only had a few dead bugs on the very top edge of the bag. Very quiet rack all around.

 

[alia176]

Lots of folks in my neighborhood have solar panels and we get at least one good hail storm per year. I don't think they take any protective action, and I haven't heard of any problems, but those are big residential units. I'd treat it the same way my wife and I tread the DD's... if its hailing, get out there and throw a quilt over it for ten minutes.

Those panels are at angle which also helps with the deflection of hails but I can see the OP being concerned about his horizontally mounted panel.

 

[mudgudgeon]

Not a bit. I went on a 5000 mile cross country trip immediately after installing and never heard a peep. 2 years later I forget its up there and I'm very picky about noise. I had a Thule bag on that long trip and it was positioned just rear of center and it too was quiet. in fact, we only had a few dead bugs on the very top edge of the bag. Very quiet rack all around.

Thanks for the reply mate. That's helpful

 

[nuclearlemon]

anybody done the soft panels? i'm thinking of doing them on top of my roof top tent, just to help out.