Solar install, mounts?

[bshillam]

Looking to add two if not three solar panels. I'd prefer to mount them to the hand rails, what brackets did you use to do so?

 

[Marco Flamingo]

I was just looking at rail mount clamps on Amazon and found hundreds of varieties, some for motorcycle handlebars and other uses which would work just fine on a boat. Seadog makes a nice one for boats that could allow the panel to be adjustable on one axis.

All would come with the caveat that using them on a handrail might be bad. The hand rail serves a purpose. The moment may come when you will wish you had an unobstructed hand rail rather than a solar panel.

Mark

 

[Desert Dory]

I used some Seadog clamps to mount my 160 watt panel to the roof rack. I initially had used some "handlebar" clamps which I didn't like once I got to thinking about the panel being up there when I'm towing.