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tf with apologies to Wallace Stevens sent from my Macintosh iBook by Comcast > This is now my third request to be removed from the list. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:16:01 > To:[email protected] > Subject: catalina27-talk: Remove from list > > > Phil, > I asked last week to be removed from this list yet I still receive daily > e-mails. However, the Off Topic tirades have greatly decreased so I'm > willing to hold on a wee bit longer. > > > Lance Jones > Commodore, Barefoot Sailing Club > Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce! > Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Phil Agur <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:16 PM > Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Quesdtion about solar pannels > > > > Joe, > > Solar goes from a little flexible pad that is the equivalent of a wall > wart trickle charger to a multi-panel system capable of running all of > cruising boats systems with no other power. > > Both ends of the scale are well defined but the middle ground is buyer > beware. I think we got 6 panels on my brothers boat for a total of 840 > watts. We went with a Morningstar regulator I flush mounted in a > replacement teak panel above the navigation station. > > http://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/ProStar/index.shtml > <http://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/ProStar/index.shtml> > > Certainly if a 60 watt occasionally run alternator is keeping her charged > now then you may not need anything more than 60 watts. The occasional use > may become the tricky part. The solar is only going to output its rated > wattage in the tropics (the angle of the suns ray impacts the total > available energy) during midday. > > We have a 60 watt system (two thirty 30 watt frameless) with a > non-temperature compensated regulator and its too much to leave connected > all the time. Letting it winter here will fry the batteries in a few > months. The cure would be to go to the Morningstar regulator, which is a > temperature regulated smart charger, instead of the simple voltage > regulator I have now. Know you can have some reserve power without > overcharging. > > The other approach is a simple flexible low power solar trickle charger. > It wont have the capacity to fight the batteries being run down by a > running bilge pump but it shines in ease of use. > > The best folks to ask are the ones around you geologically. > > Boat US would also recommend you change any above water through-hull > fittings to brass. Their insurance records are full of cases where > freezing water cracked an above water fitting and a temporary snow load > pushed it below the waterline. > > > Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip > Secretary/Treasurer Call Sign WCW3485 > IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 > <http://www.catalina27.org/> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe McCary > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: catalina27-talk: Quesdtion about solar pannels > > My boat, new to me this past spring, has an outboard (9.9 Honda) and > charges batteries just fine. But I am worried about what happens over the > winter. I plan to keep her in the water (private slip, no electricity). > She will not get the use she has had over the warm months and I am worried > about the batteries (2) draining and the bilge pump not working. I have > considered a wind generator but think a solar panel would do just fine. > The boat point almost due North so the stern will have a nice southerly > exposure. I would like to get a solar panel that I could mount on the > lazuratte hatch. I know that there are electronic devices to put in line > that will prevent over charge and I plan to get one of these also. My > question is, can anyone recommend what size solar panel to buy and maybe > what brands or models I should look at. I should note that the winters > here on the Bay are mild and while we do get snow, it is nothing like our > friends in Alaska. I could also mount the p! > anel on the cabin top as well if the thought is that would be better. > Also, any thoughts on having the panel connected to both batteries > instead of just one. > > > Joe McCary > Aeolus II # 4795 > West River, MD > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
