T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Solar Panel Durability Question

Friday, July 31, 2009

Re: [Electric Boats] Solar Panel Durability Question

Harbor Freight has solar panels for $39.95. Installed one on an Ericson
27 and doing quite well.

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:22:19 -0400 "Monte Gisborne"
<emotive@xplornet.com> writes:

Thanks, Will, these seem to be just about perfect in every respect. I am
concerned about the potential for shatter given the hard operating
conditions and these seem to solve that problem, and also allow for easy
swap-out in the event a module fails. I think we'll leave the tempered
glass modules to do their good work on non-planing vessels. The cost is
reasonable too.

Monte

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From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of William Marsh
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:52 PM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Solar Panel Durability Question

I was concerned about durability enough to pick Sunwize Solchargers for
my
boat and in other projects. They are made of FR4 plastic instead of
tempered glass and have proven to be quite durable.
http://tinyurl. <http://tinyurl.com/mcymtv> com/mcymtv

But I have seen the tempered glass variety on boats as well. On some
larger
sailboats they are mounted in rigid frames over the stern where they are
not
as likely to get hit or stepped on.

Will

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