Siemens is my choice....I have three of them and they are guaranteed for life to give the rated output. I built a pilothouse and used 2 of them as its roof. The third is the roof of the stern enclosure. You can see the pictures on my web site "ahsovereignty.com". David Hoyt Sovereignty Catalina 27 #65 ahsovereignty.com In a message dated 4/18/2010 10:41:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hello Everyone and thank you for all of the great advice! I am looking to purchase an 80W+ panel for my Catalina 27 and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good brand. Also has anyone installed a similar size panel and if so where did you locate it on your boat? I am thinking about the top of the companion way hatch with the drawback of having to unplug it when I move the hatch to open it. Thank you in advance, James ____________________________________ From: Sonshingle <[email protected]> To: ic...@yahoogroups. Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 7:20:31 PM Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: Solar system [was: Inconvenient battery installation on Catalina 27] Judy, Probably a weekender system. We are at a dock and have 120v all the time. I keep a small fan running to keep the air circulated and it does also run an automatic charger wired direct to the batteries. We don't have any mooring facilities here or near here. I can see that a trickle system would be great for boats that are moored. Do you do most of your sailing in the bay there or do you go out in the big lake (Pacific) west of you? Was ini SF once andl oved it. I must go back some time. The California coastline is a beautiful drive. Dick --- On Thu, 4/15/10, Judith Blumhorst, DC <drju...@blumhorst. com> wrote: From: Judith Blumhorst, DC <drju...@blumhorst. com> Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: Solar system [was: Inconvenient battery installation on Catalina 27] To: ic...@yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 4:46 PM Hi Dick You're welcome. .... So what DO you want to accomplish? a trickle system? a weekender system? an off the grid system? Fair winds, Judy B ____________________________________
