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Pearson Boats - Common Systems => Electrical Systems & Electronics => Topic started by: Dolce_Vita on December 29, 2014, 08:13:20 AM

Title: Solar Panel
Post by: Dolce_Vita on December 29, 2014, 08:13:20 AM

Santa was Good to Me!

I found a 40"x26" 100W solar panel under the tree! :D

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CAVMMMG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=HTJ1JPO7FNN&coliid=I19SVP4PS88EUK

Title: Re: Solar Panel
Post by: Libations Too on December 31, 2014, 02:20:46 PM

Happy to hear that Santa was good to you!

I love the 55-watt panel that I installed back in 2013. It keeps my batteries fully charged and makes cruising a lot more worry free. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.

Where do you plan to mount the panel?

Title: Re: Solar Panel
Post by: Dolce_Vita on January 01, 2015, 05:14:13 PM

Current (vaguely formed) plan is to put it over top of the bimini, on some kind of pipe framework.  I've been toying with the idea of a arch for several years, but am still not there, so I'll try this first.

Title: Re: Solar Panel
Post by: Now or Never! on January 02, 2015, 07:57:01 AM

I installed my first panel on a PVC pipe framework that I assembled with hose clamps and bolted to my bimini.  Worked well.  Then I had an arch fabricated at a machine shop in KY--powder coated aluminum.  I know you will appreciate the panel however you mount it.