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  1. CorruptedNova

    RV Solar Panel Mount - Aluminum Brackets, Galvanized Steel Fasteners?

    @TugboatEng Haha, perfect, thank you for your input! I didn't think about it protecting the threads from corrosion, I'll do some more reading on that and see what I come up with. @dArsonval Thank you for your kind words! I am a technical writer these days now, so hearing feedback like that is...
  2. CorruptedNova

    RV Solar Panel Mount - Aluminum Brackets, Galvanized Steel Fasteners?

    @dvd That's what I like to hear! Thank you for your input. I will move on to the myriad of other things I have to worry about, as you wisely suggested :) Have a great rest of your day.
  3. CorruptedNova

    RV Solar Panel Mount - Aluminum Brackets, Galvanized Steel Fasteners?

    @DVD, thank you very much for sending this over to me - it's fascinating to say the least. I am a bit daft though, please forgive me. According to the Fastenal chart, it appears that my combination yields a '1', ie the corrosion of the base metal is not increased by the fastener. What am I missing?
  4. CorruptedNova

    RV Solar Panel Mount - Aluminum Brackets, Galvanized Steel Fasteners?

    @TugboatEng Thanks for your reply! I added these details to the OP. - I live in Michigan, cold and wet in the winters and hot in the summers. - Aluminum is all unprotected and raw. - Blue loctite on all fastener locations. - Ideally quite permanent, so hopefully not ever removing. I'll...
  5. CorruptedNova

    RV Solar Panel Mount - Aluminum Brackets, Galvanized Steel Fasteners?

    Greetings, I hope this is an OK place to post this question. I'm looking for advice on how I've chosen to handle attaching (3) solar panels to the roof of my RV. I recognize this isn't a professional question, but I can't think of a smarter bunch of folks to ask this. I have an RV. On the roof...

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