Building A Solar Panel Stand

Thinking about installing batteries to go with your solar panels.

Building a solar panel stand.

Match the solar panel holes with the stand platform holes and screw them together. For an in depth comparison take a look at our ground mount vs. Pvc cuts pretty easily but you ll want to make sure your cuts are straight. As you can see i found numerous of ways to have support for the frame.

Put the mount together and place it on top of your solar panel to check the. In the beginning i wanted to build this out of wood. Disassemble and reassemble this time. The solar panel stand legs are very simple and consist of two 41 long aluminum slotted angle pieces one 21 aluminum angle brace and a few star knobs bolts and flange nuts.

The design was quite simple i got some cut. Hinge and bracket support. At the back sides of the solar panel a small junction box is there with a positive and negative sign for polarity. No matter if it s an off grid mountain cabin or a battery back up for your grid connected homes the basic process for planning designing your own diy battery bank is fairly straightforward but can be a bit confusing your first time around.

2 35 1 1 4 pvc pipes 1 14 1 2 pipe 2 t s joints 2 90 degree joints a 20. Building a solar panel stand step 1. In a large size solar panel. Mounts the panels to the stand at the backsides the solar panel has inbuilt holes for mounting.

Putting these pieces together is surprisingly confusing even though there are only three main pieces to the whole rack. Below are the basic steps. Cut pvc to length. What you need step 1.

Here are the measurements i used for the 100 watt panels. Wire the solar panel. Roof mount guide.