How to Fix 100W flexible Solar PV Panels to 40' Steel Shipping Container

 Now that the 40' shipping container has been moved to the Drumgeely base site and fence erected. It is now secure and the 100W PV solar panel can be re-installed.

The previous installation relied on tying the small flexible panel to the four holes at the end of the container and didn't survive the storms. Also as there was no remote monitoring we were unaware of this.

So this time round a wooden frame will be attached to the top of the container to hold the panel. This frame is then anchored to the recesses at the top of the container and secured by drilling screws from the inside of the container. See the yellow markings in the picture below.

There are already three different penetrations of the container:

1) the double door has bolts going through the container to hold the vertical bar clamps

2) The side window has rubber stoppers which are held in place by screws. The sharp end of which is exposed inside the container.

3) The cabinets are held on by screw from the outside into the cupboards, The heads can be seen outside.

Two wooden battens would then placed on top of the container running the width of the container and secured by screwing into the battens above the recesses.

The small flexible solar panel can then be screwed to these battens. Three of these panels similar mounted to a wooder pergola can be seen below :)

Stainless steel screws would be used throughout/