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Afternoon all, decided to add a solar setup to my ctek 250 which is located under the drivers seat. Roof bars and solar panel fitted successfully, but now I'm considering the best way to route the cables. Luckily I have barn doors meaning i have the seals for the tailgates brackets to route...

Hiya. I'm in the process of fitting a solar panel to my pop-top roof. Does anyone know an appropriate IP68 glad that will fit in the existing tailgate holes at the rear of the van? Thanks

It sits over the tailgate near the hinge, no drilling/bolting at that section. Its drilled and bolted at the bottom, just one bolt from memory at the very bottom of the ladder. Seems very stable to be honest, been up and down quite a few times (especially when doing the solar panel)

They're the mounting positions for the tailgate versions and are quite commonly used for what you describe: https://www.t6forum.com/search/1332918/?q=Tailgate+solar&o=relevance

Have you seen @Deaky’s posts on this? https://www.t6forum.com/threads/anyone-fitted-a-solar-panel-to-a-hilo-roof.28703/post-398902

Have you asked Cambridge Campervans if they could source/spec one to your requirements? They pretty much did that for me: 150, DSG, LED lights, twin captains chairs (heated), heated screen, tailgate, retro fitted rear camera, RIB bed, solar etc. They're good people (no connection other than a...

Started prep for the solar cables - conduit run down the side of the tailgate and grommets in the rear light and behind the small corner panel - seemed the easiest place to fish them from. I’m much more comfortable drilling there than through the roof.

I really don’t want to fix panels to my roof so what are your thoughts on fixing a panel to the bike rack? We don’t have any bikes so it is currently just a very expensive washing line and it occurred to me that I could fix a panel as per the picture. The cabling is already in place as I have...

If the base van has barn doors a popular route in is via the grommets filling the punched holes were the tailgate hinges would fit. You may be able to use that and a curly cord to connect things without drilling any holes as this company does...

Bit nerdy but I thought I'd share - I did a roundtrip to Cornwall from Bolton this weekend which was 600 miles in total and despite a bit of traffic on the way down I managed 44.27 mpg in my 2019 150bhp kombi with a fixed solar panel on the roof rack I stuck at 60mph all the way and did about...

In the next few weeks I will be travelling from the North West to the Lot et Garonne region (France) for a 2 week holiday in a villa . 2 adults 2 kids and 2 big 45-50Kg dogs . in a 68 plate LWB T6 Kombi with an Exploria bed acting as a large parcel shelf. We will we stopping regular but...

Yes I found them excellent sadly the single seats on an automatic appear to have dried up.

The AMT ks more fit and forget, so long as your leisure battery is also recieving charge from solar/EHU For me I like the challenge of making it work and also, for now, I'm keeping the van pretty much stock and I had almost all the bits to hand. With where I park tailgate on to the garage it's...

If anyone has the misfortune to have a failed solar panel and need to remove it from the roof .. I used a multi tool with a fine tooth blade which very quickly cut the sikaflex between the panel and the roof with no damage to the roof , as on my install I bonded the panel on the side edges and...

Yes, mine works well. Do you have a power-opening/power closing tailgate, then? I don’t, so my answer may be useless to you

Needs a solar panel :)

I really like this. Much preferred set up compared to drilling into the van body.

Partially disassembled it... Oh and while I was there, started on the job of routing wiring through the roof for extra lights, leisure battery monitor, and solar cables. 6mm solar cables routed through the tailgate wiring boot, once I could find the hole into the main headlining area...

Any photos of this please? Much appreciated

Yes - I removed the ramp and left the dropped floor in place, I insulated it and installed 2 leisure batteries, solar controller, smart split charge unit, isolator switches for the charger, isolator and cut off for the solar, every circuit fused and trip switches fitted, last part left to do is...