Dazedkipper
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30ft yacht, liferaft on garage roof, stack-pack main. Ideas?
Solar panels - where do you fit yours?
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PabloPicasso
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On pushpit rail, on stern if counter, removable, flexible type, on or under forpic hatch
neilf39
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On the pushpit over the stern above the rudder. Made so I can hinge it down if necessary.
VicS
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Where is mine? On a convenient flat, sloping front to the cabin top, but its only 5 watts.
Ideas ....
goal post at the stern
On top of davits if you have them.
Ideas ....
goal post at the stern
On top of davits if you have them.
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Mine are on a lightweight ali arch and can tilt to follow the sun.
The arch also does double duty as davits for the dink.
The arch also does double duty as davits for the dink.
kieronriley
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if you have a Houdini hatch then fit it under the hatch .you cant ever stand on it there.Kieron
charles_reed
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2 x 100w on the cockpit arch, 2x 50w on a tube structure above the sprayhood and 2 x 18w on the cabin top above the control lines back to the cockpit.
All feeding @ 24v into an MPPT controller.
Whilst I'd get double the output by swivelling to maximise insolation, that's not usually feasible @ anchor.
All feeding @ 24v into an MPPT controller.
Whilst I'd get double the output by swivelling to maximise insolation, that's not usually feasible @ anchor.
macd
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4 x 80W rigid on stern gantry. Yes, I know they're ugly things, but they are handy and the boat came with one (with only two panels: we added the others). As well as whacking in the amps, they make for a peasant* shady spot at the stern (the boat's centre cockpit). I absolutely will not buy semi-flexible since they do not last in the sun, usually de-laminating a nanosecond after the warranty runs out. Rigids are cheaper, too, although often not so convenient to fit.
Charles set-up pretty much embraces the mounting options for panels, although they can also work well hinged onto the rails on the aft quarter. Obviously the wiring's simpler if they're all in one bunch, or whatever the collective noun for panels might be.
* Sorry: a typo, or perhaps a Freudian slip. My sub-conscience knows its place.
Charles set-up pretty much embraces the mounting options for panels, although they can also work well hinged onto the rails on the aft quarter. Obviously the wiring's simpler if they're all in one bunch, or whatever the collective noun for panels might be.
* Sorry: a typo, or perhaps a Freudian slip. My sub-conscience knows its place.
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Graham_Wright
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Dodgers.
Tradewinds
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2 x 55w on a hoop fixed on my davits - can tilt fore & aft.
macd
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They'll never work there.
No sun
By the way, I think that's the grandest collection of big dome-headed nuts I've ever seen.
Graham_Wright
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2 x 55w on a hoop fixed on my davits - can tilt fore & aft.
Are you sure there are enough nuts there? 19?
Tradewinds
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You've miscounted - only 17 per davit base. Should I worry?Are you sure there are enough nuts there? 19?
I think Simpson/Cooney believe in over-engineering
Graham_Wright
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No- 19. More G&T?You've miscounted - only 17 per davit base. Should I worry?
I think Simpson/Cooney believe in over-engineering
Hadenough
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simonfraser
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What's the shear strength of one ??!!
Tradewinds
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duckingswan
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Took along time to find one that would fit , first class solar panel. Fitted to an etap 24i
Graham_Wright
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If I were you I'd "reflect" on my counting!
8 + 8 and are there not three on the centre line?