UNISTRUT SOLAR PANEL MOUNT: How to install solar panels Using Unistrut/Superstrut

A rooftop solar installation means that the solar panels are mounted directly to your roof. Installing rooftop solar panels may be your automatic choice because of how common they have become, however, there are a few factors to consider before moving forward. There are certain criteria that your roof and house must meet in order for a rooftop solar installation to make sense, both financially and structurally:

Your roof does not have a clear South, East or West-facing exposure.Orientation is extremely important when it comes to installing solar panels.If your roof can’t accommodate the ideal angle for installation that the panels require, or there are too many obstacles creating shade, then ground-mounted solar panels would certainly be the right choice for you.

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[jacksonmarley]

Super thorough explanation! Thanks for taking the time to make a good video on this topic, helped me out a lot

[alixxworkshop]

God bless you and people like YOU! For last 2 days i've been surfing on net to get cheapest stuff for mounting my panels...The pricec were half cost of panels (SLOVENIA), and than I got YouTube recomandation on this video... Man I can't belive how simple is this method, It's esthetic, It's safe, It's cheap and It's ALL that anybody could wish...And You've explained It in details and shared It with us...WOOW! AMAZING! You sure have made my day much better now and I thank you for that Sir...Tomorow I'm in a store and hanging on my roof

[zerohunter]

you can also use a spring nut, and hold the square washer for the mid clamps and for end clamps a spring nut and a L i mean less bolts and easy to uninstall in the future if you need to. Nice video and good alternatives

[AdamMosleyAmRobotics]

Thanks for the video. I was really lost on the direction I needed to go in order to mount my panels. Now I get it! Thank you!!!

[algonzalez]

Thank you for taking the time to explain how you mount your solar panels using the rails. Good job!

[donkiebals]

I saw your video a few years ago, but tried to come up with my own way. It didn't work as well and was more expensive. Now, I am using your method. THANKS!

[mikeaustin]

I concur with all the below supporters - great job in your descriptive details!

[OverlandOne]

Excellent video, thank you. I am using unistrut to mount my four 180 watt panels to the roof of my hightop van. I was concerned because if I had to have space between my panels for "Z" brackets, they would be very close to taking up the entire 10 feet of the unistrut, which I am mounting between 2 gutter mount racks front and rear. (My panels will be mounted across the van just like you show yours) I will have room to get under the panels with a wrench to tighten them to the unistrut so, I will have no spacing between panels and, I will not have to spend like $40 on "Z" brackets I do not need. I might add some blue locktite to the bolts that go into the unjistrut but, other than that, I am happy I found your helpful video which just made my job much easier and cheaper. Thank you.

[michiganmotorsports]

Was looking for strut panel ideas. This is it!
Great job, thanks.

[amanuelasmerom]

Excellent explanation! I'm going to follow the steps to mount my new panels.

[roxzankarl]

Thank you!!! I have aluminum unistrut and now I know how I will mount our solar panels.

[jamesmason]

Another great video my friend, here is another great tip is to mount tilt brackets in between the panel and the uni-strut. I hope you and your family have been OK during this crazy time. Keep up the good work and stay safe and God bless you and your family

[VictorRodriguez-vtgy]

Great tutorial. Thats was i need the cheapest way. Thanks

[garyrichmond]

My opinion you done a good job and you are right on them expensive racks too much money for me to and that's what I was thinking about doing what you just showed thank you

[Wrensspeedshop]

Very smart idea for the rail system, and thank you for showing all of the parts needed which is very helpful.

[benkanobe]

Thank you so very much! This has been my one thing I just could not figure out!

[CncObsession]

The sliding nut you are using can be inserted from the top and turned 90 degrees to seat, the nylon washer keeps it high in the track after insertion. The ears sit in the track to prevent the insert from turning.

[nubiandavis]

Excellent video. I have been meaning to do one of these instructables using easy to get parts. Great work!

[jakeh.]

God Bless brother you are right, it is safer than “professional” install

[equalizingforce]

Just what I needed, thank you. You seem to need to leave the gap between the solar panel and the Unistrut slightly loose to allow them to slide along. I was wondering, without the center clamp connected to pin them down would these not rattle on a windy day? The end struts would only clamp the ends down but the center would still be a weak point (in terms of rattling).