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Wood River Pod
Senior Member Joined: 30 Sep 2016 Location: Wood River, ID Online Status: Offline Posts: 153 |
Topic: installing Zamp roof top solar panel Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 9:49am |
I use the "postimage" website that the picture icon refers to. Very easy. It gives you the picture link automatically after you upload the pic. Then you copy and paste and presto, the pic is in the post. Give it a try.
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sailor323
Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 1:46pm |
Yeah, that's what I have always done in the past. Tried it with pix at imgur today, no luck |
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DavMar
Senior Member Joined: 04 Aug 2017 Location: Lexington, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 592 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 2:13pm |
Well, its been kind of the pits since photobucket dumped on it's users. For images try using: http://postimages.org/ It's like tinyurl where it will save your image to somewhere on their drive and then give you a direct link that you can insert after you hit the radio image button here, above, when making or replying to a post. Check your link to your document and if its a long link then you can use tinyurl to compress it. I was able to see your adobe file that you posted on line on how you installed your panels and saved it for future reference. What I couldn't see from your photos well is if you just used the 3M double sided tape to attach your panels to your pod? It almost looked to my blind eyes like you laid down a piece of tape, stuck the bracket to it and then ran a self tapping screw down through the bracket and into your Pod roof? I'd really love to see a close up shot of how you installed your panels brackets. Because for the life of me I just don't see how this double sided tape alone will keep the panels attached to your roof as you speed down the highway? Could you tell me if your running two 6Vdc batteries in series or two 12Vdc batteries in parallel? Still debating the pro's and cons of 6V vs. 12Vdc batteries in my head and am trying to find a sources for a battery box for two batteries. Thanks again for all the information! |
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Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the
wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 2:50pm |
Perhaps this may help...
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voisj
Senior Member Joined: 19 Jul 2016 Location: San Luis Obispo Online Status: Offline Posts: 471 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 6:49pm |
Yeah, that's what I have always done in the past. Tried it with pix at imgur today, no luck [/QUOTE] Imgur works for me. You just have to delete the extra HTTP |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 10 Aug 2017 at 8:31pm |
The problem with these photo hosting sites lies in their terms of service. I'm not comfortable with the terms of service on either imagur or postimages.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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sailor323
Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 14 Aug 2017 at 7:46pm |
I did not use screws. I put a piece of tape between the brackets and the pod. Will post close ups tomorrow. I am running 2 6v in series--2 T105s. If I could do over, I'd run 2 T145s
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DavMar
Senior Member Joined: 04 Aug 2017 Location: Lexington, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 592 |
Posted: 15 Aug 2017 at 9:38am |
Wow, that has to be some really sticky double tape! I look very forward to your close up photos. Since I'm trying to learn the pro's and con's of 6v vs 12v batteries could you explain why you wish you had 6v T145 then T105 batteries you now have. Is it because the T145 are rated for more more amp hours? It would be really helpful if I could find a web site that explains batteries but instead it seems I just run across contradictory sources on the pro and cons of 6 and 12v batteries. Just a newbie trying to learn, thanks! |
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Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the
wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
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sailor323
Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2017 at 8:51pm |
Sorry for the delay. Life gets in the way sometimes. Hope this link works. It used to be easy to upload pix. http://imgur.com/Ey5N4I5
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2630 |
Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 9:39am |
How long do pix stay on imgur before they are purged?
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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