Lazy Daze Owners' Group

Solar panels are mounted with little clearance, usually an inch or less.. This helps prevent tree branches from getting under them, which can cause interesting problems.  I clean under the panels using a hose and pistol nozzle.
New panel mounts are available online but most will not raise the panes.

Your choice is to either find taller mounts, make new mounts or raise the existing mounts by removing them and then raising them by placing plastic spacer blocks under them.
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Whatever you do to raise the panels, they will still collect debris under them.

Larry

Hi Mark;  A lot depends on what brand of panels you have and generally how old they are. Not all Lazy Dazes have a built in ladder. The factory discontinued them for a few years (early 2000's I think) because of insurance liability concerns. I think that consideration was unpopular, and was restarted with just the ladder and not the 'tie down' luggage rail.
   Your older 2002 may not have come with original solar panels. You are bound to run under branches if you camp in tree areas. Most of my run-ins with trees have been in older residential areas. You don't want your panels any higher than needed, and you want to not have random branches get underneath a panel.
   Panels I've seen have small 'S' shaped brackets, called 'Z' brackets, fastened down to the roof with screws. Typically four, near corners. You may be able to unscrew these from panel edges, and remove the panels for cleaning, without disrupting the brackets attached to the roof. Solar Panel Z-Bracket Mount for Mounting Solar Panels – Windy Nation Inc 
  Panels work better when cool. Electrons jump across the PN junction when hot and the panels lose efficiency. So you want to keep air circulating underneath. 
  After 22 years I replaced my first set of panels with higher efficiency panels. (the old panels seals had failed, letting in dirt, water and growing plants!)  The new, less expensive panels, just $90 each, (PERC cells); three, covered just a slightly larger amount of roof and doubled the power. They were better built and lighter.  https://www.amazon.com/Renogy-Monocrystalline-Solar-Compact-Design/dp/B07GF5JY35/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12B4F6EUVB8CC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bL0odBbgRUq8JKqzxuybTBc6Vjbznot0IOZ6eRGZ8bP9MkMvZd9KtC3BKCPXYE5Us13VhcZHHNmDurhX_D39Ohfgx8N9DxzIW6uqKxS5eQWoXPJEN232EGsf549NK5dgc_cKZruz-r67CeHCJLNTu9PzItxAKFmyCq89FQb8cmCURM-4QNVJPkqdXfSwKsznKydgDzaSxtt0zTj1BEUaM7Q-K5XkOr82k9ztpBk3Ykk.7qkU8lyIzRgYu-Z2WEHKHwrB0brDdYdDTpL2O0bZbZg&dib_tag=se&keywords=renogy%2B100w%2Bsolar%2Bpanels&qid=1730573019&sprefix=renogy%2B100w%2Bsolar%2Bpanels%2Caps%2C251&sr=8-1&ufe=INHOUSE_INSTALLMENTS%3AUS_IHI_3M_HARDLINES_AUTOMATED&th=1    Underneath the old panels, never cleaned, it was dirty but not terrible.
   I can raise my new panels to clean, but mostly to access the wiring hidden underneath. 
   Unless you plan to be on your roof a lot, the added complexity of tilting panels is an unused and more expensive feature. (IMO)    RonB    

Hi Ron. Is changing out panels an involved project or just disconnect old panels then plug in new?