I tried to put on the "Techies" page but not smart enough.
I am wanting to mount a solar panel on the roof of my Patrol, and run the cables to a battery located inside the vehicle.
I am not wanting to drill holes in the body, so am looking for some ingenious ideas to address this issue.
Many thanks as always. KB
Does you Patrol have a roof gutter that follows the contour of the front door known as the "A" pillar? If so you could run them down that gutter then through the gap between the door.
To hold it in the gutter just need a couple of dabs of silicone.
Tony
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Thanks for the suggestion, but does that not require holes to be drilled (somewhere) for the cables to get access to the inside of the cabin?
I did not mention, and should have, that my Patrol is the 4.8 litre, and has no room under the bonnet without major surgery to the pipes and wires currently resident in any possible location.
Down through air vent via plenum
Under windscreen ? Lift or space rear of bonnet enough to run cable ? Another option . Remove rubber seal section around door . File enough to run cable . Fit door seal back with sealer . That how areal
Wires where run in 70s . HQ Holdens .
Note the Patrol has front and side airbags - Best course for cable is along RH Gutter to rear barn door and enter cable to rear storage area at top RH side of the large door. Note there may be excessive pressure on electrical cable as it passes through door seals, so I suggest making a protective shroud over that part of cable.
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Keiron, We had a GQ Patrol for 10 years. 130w tiltable panel on roof and house battery under bonnet. The cable was fed through th front corner of the LHR door and down the inside of the B pillar trim. Never a sign of dust entry or cable damage. I mounted the regulator inside the LH kick panel as the battery was just through the bulkhead in the engine bay so mebe not very helpful. No extra holes required.
Keiron, We had a GQ Patrol for 10 years. 130w tiltable panel on roof and house battery under bonnet. The cable was fed through th front corner of the LHR door and down the inside of the B pillar trim. Never a sign of dust entry or cable damage. I mounted the regulator inside the LH kick panel as the battery was just through the bulkhead in the engine bay so mebe not very helpful. No extra holes required.
All the best, B.
My apologies here Keiron, that should read GU/Y61 Patrol.
I removed this setup to sell vehicle then had the new owner come back to have it reinstalled 12 months later. Still going fine 15 years on. Man, I feel like I must have had rocks in my head to pay the price for solar panels back then but had to have 'em.
