Second Panel Screw-up

So our solar panel was a great way to charge our house battery as we traveled the sunny Western US. But when it became overcast later in the Midwest and we spent more time in forest shade, surprise!, our panel had trouble keeping our battery fully charged. One solution? A second solar panel!

The plan was simple, to put the second panel across the roof in front of our exhaust fan. The panel is 48" long, and since our Sprinter is 72" wide, no problem! Uh,..., yes, there is a problem. While there is copious room for our Queen size bed, the Sprinter gets narrower the farther up, and only after buying a panel did I realize that the flat portion of the roof is only 44" across. Oops! The panel was flexible, but I wasn't convinced it could handle that much curvature, and it would also make it annoyingly visible from below.

Lesson learned? Measure at least once! Even if it means getting a ladder and climbing up to the roof.

One panel will be sufficient for now.

the panel doesn't look too wide, but the roof really is too narrow.