[Electric Boats] Re: Solar Panel - glass replacement

 

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "traveler_lloyd" <lloyd545220-wyoming@...> wrote:
>The glass panel cover can be replaced with Lexan or something from >your hardware store to allow walking on them. Make sure that it is >sealed well. Glass breaks easy on a boat.

Is this practical on most glass covered solar panels? Can you replace the glass in a non-marine panel without destroying the panel? If so I assume you'd have to seal it up properly with a good sealant.

I have a boating application in mind where I'd like to use two non-marinized panels like the ones below. I wouldn't need to walk on them, but I'd prefer them to be more impact resistant than glass, for trailering (Application would be a trailerable trimaran, with the panels on a frame suspended over the vaka, acting as bimini/sunshade. Frame would pivot down to sit at deck level for trailering.).

http://sunelec.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=1236

Anyone here ever used such panels in a marine application?

Neil

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