Solar Panel and Hail?

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

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