Love that, such a simple straightforward solution for what I thought was going to be more complicated. Thanks guys!

Excellent vid. Looks far better than fabricating the brackets out of uni strut. Been playing on mind forever , this one....👍

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, we were the same it is just a neater solution 👍🏼

HI, It's great to see someone has figured out to provide a low-cost solution to something that could prove to be very expensive it you bought the after-market supplier products. One question though; where did you get the right angle brackets that attach the solar panel itself to the unistrut?

@our.van.adventures

9 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for the comment the 90 brackets are just unistrut corner brackets

Just found your channel. Amazing job! Been trying to workout my solar panel fitment for ages. This is amazing and the way you show and explain is great. Can I ask where you got all the corner fitments for joining the unistut at the corners and the ones for across? Will be watching your other videos tomorrow. 😊

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! All of the Unistrut and parts were from direct channel, the corner ones are flat 90 degree plates and the centre ones are tee plates 👍

@christophermccann117

Жыл бұрын

@Our.van.adventures Sorry for late reply. Honestly you have solved me a v sore head with this info and video. I have been going back and forward trying to decide what to do with the roof rack and your video has made the decision for me. My van is the H3 version so not a lot on the market when it comes to low profile roof rack and your version hits the right buttons for me. I'm off to order the parts and thanks again. 😊

How have the mounting brackets held up since you constructed it about a year ago? We're thinking of a similar design for our roof rack - surfboards and solar panels built around 2x air vents. Thanks for the video - very helpful!

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

They are still solid, would still recommend them 👍

Hi Guys Love the channel and we are learning a lot whilst converting our van. Would you honestly say the brackets from Etsy work well and are worth the money. It's a minefield out there and it gets a bit overfacing. Kind regards Jonny

@our.van.adventures

6 ай бұрын

Hi Johnny we think they are worth the money we have had them on for around 18months and 12000 miles now and they are still as good as the day we put them on. It can be done with Unistrut or similar but we couldn’t justify the time.

Hi guys, great videos. What length M8 bolts did you use on your UniStrut Rack please ?

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Hi Trev think they were 25mm long 👍

@trevwilson9842

Жыл бұрын

@@our.van.adventures thank you, I ordered the Esty footings and set up the same roof rack system, absolutely perfect. Thanks again 👍🏻

How much clearance do you have under your Unistrut in the centre of your roof at the highest point of the camber please ??

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

I will measure it on the weekend and get back to you 😀

Hi both, so happy i came across this video as im currently wanting to create my own for My Boxer conversion starting this year. Do you mind if i ask what depth, width etc rails you used? And if possible where you thought was best to pick them up from? Many thanks

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

We used 40x20 Unistrut, we used 4m long ones for the sides and I think the cross bits were around 160cm 👍

@JWalka94

Жыл бұрын

@@our.van.adventures Thanks for the info!

@markcoates4887

Жыл бұрын

@@our.van.adventures could I ask where you sourced the roof brackets from and what they are called

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

@@markcoates4887 they were from Etsy they are made by a company in turkey but they came within a week 👍 www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1145112929/

Where do you get those brackets that go on to those mushrooms on the van and those lengths of tubing thanks

@our.van.adventures

7 ай бұрын

The brackets are linked in the description and the rest is just Unistrut.

What dimension strut did you guys use. Great video BTW! 👍

@our.van.adventures

11 ай бұрын

Thanks we used 21x41 light duty to keep the weight down 👍

@carlfielding2082

11 ай бұрын

@@our.van.adventures thank you!!! 😁

Hi what l shape and t brackets did you use thanks

@our.van.adventures

25 күн бұрын

They are just the standard two hole per side brackets for the L and T’s and the solar panels are held on with single hole 90’s.

Hi! Great video! Cab I ask, did you use 1.5mm or 2.5mm channel?

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gav it is all 1.5 light duty to try and keep the weight down 👍

@gavj2257

Жыл бұрын

@our.van.adventures thanks for the info! Just finished making homemade brackets for our relay, so we can proceed with the frame now! Thanks for your help

Hi Please could you let me know where you got the long black rails

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

They are 4m Unistrut channel from direct channel Uk, I then sprayed them black.

@Heather-qo2nl

Жыл бұрын

@@our.van.adventures Thanks for info. You explain the fitting so well.

@clarkspiemuncher24

Жыл бұрын

@@our.van.adventures do you have a link to the black spray paint you used please ? and was it water or oil cellulose based paint ? as i bought some paint from tool station advertised as metal primer only to find out it was water based and crap

@our.van.adventures

Жыл бұрын

@@clarkspiemuncher24 I used upol paint, we did etch primer then standard primer and then satin black

What size panels did you guys use?

@our.van.adventures

7 ай бұрын

We used the 200w renogy ones 👍

@alexholmes3

7 ай бұрын

​@our.van.adventures thankyou!👍🏻

What effect on MPG did this setup have?

@our.van.adventures

4 ай бұрын

Not sure on the effect as we didn’t drive much before fitting it, but our camper fully loaded with the roof rack does about 27 mpg on average.

@DmitriPisarev

4 ай бұрын

@@our.van.adventures that's amazing! I get like 15mpg on a full size roof rack...