Winston in this thread on Promasterforum has his RV set up in some of the ways I’ve been thinking about.   Glad to see someone doing it so I can see how it looks and learn from their experience.

32381778274_fc2f267932_bThe first thing is that it’s “paneled out”, carrying about as much solar as is practical.

This is 3x Kyocera 270w panels on top of a 159” van, about what I want to mount.  This illustrates that the 139” wb model could probably only carry 2 panels of that size.  Could I live with 600w of nominal solar instead of 900w?  Yes, but I’d like to be able to harvest power in marginal conditions.

The only difference with my idea is I think I will move the panels forward and have a maxxfan retractable at the rear.  That way air from the windows/doors will flow throughout the van.

Here are his swiveling, low-rise  captain’s chairs.  The low rise part is critical becau32382554356_ca5a5eaaeb_cse the Promaster’s seats are already set quite high and the swivel mounts add another 1.5” or so.

He went with SWIVELS-R-US swivels made for the Promaster.  They carry mounts for other Eurovans, too.

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Update:  I knew I was leaving something out.   Here is an illustration of how the ‘net helps spread knowledge.

This is the first time I have heard anyone say that the roof of the PM is curved enough that one needs spacers to mount full-width solar panels.

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