Advice on latest semi flex small solar panels please

[thinwater]

Are you not worried that the thin turtle will swim off with solar panel

Just in case "turtle" is not UK usage, in the US it is the cover over the companionway slider. Also sometimes the bag a spinnaker is placed in for fast recovery, but context makes the difference obvious.

 

[thinwater]

Thanks guys. The panels are going on the rigid dog house roof. Sometimes sat on but not stood on! I think I will go for the cheapo end of the market and accept ( potentially ) shorter life.
Probably glue down with strips of glue. Most Velcro adhesive lasts about 4 weeks in the med, I usually have to glue it down with epoxy! Finding long thin ones is a bit of an issue as ideally they should not be above 25cm wide but up to 70cm long.

Even sitting on them will do damage over time. people have reported ruining thin panels by compounding them. Really, no contact is the only safe bet. Tell everyone they are a zero traffic zone. Just sayin'.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Even sitting on them will do damage over time. people have reported ruining thin panels by compounding them. Really, no contact is the only safe bet. Tell everyone they are a zero traffic zone. Just sayin'.

I've got a pair of Solara panels on the coachroof, fitted in 1988 by the PO. I walk on them, still working OK after all this time. Maybe they don't make 'em like they used to

BTW, your "turtle" is known as a hatch garage this side of the pond.

 

[emandvee44]

6 years in service, no problems (yet) and we are not lightweights

M.

 

[PetiteFleur]

I've used Photonic Universe for my 50w panel, semiflexible and ETFE coated, at the moment just tied into position between the hatch garage and handrail but this winter it will be trimmed slightly so it can be fixed flat to the coach roof with screws. I wanted to get a 30w panel but Photonic Universe don't stock it anymore so may have to settle for the 20w panel