>From what I've read, both of you seem to be reaching the end of a normal
life for these flexible units.  Someone else posted this link a few days
ago.  It opened my eyes to what to look for in solar technology.

http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/solar_panel

Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Dec 23, 2013 2:20 PM, "Edd Schillay" <e...@schillay.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I, too, would be interested in hearing about this. I have a three-year-old
> flexible on my companionway hatch that doesn’t seem to be delivering the
> “juice” as it once did.
>
>
>  All the best,
>
> Edd
>
>
> Edd M. Schillay
> Starship Enterprise
> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
> City Island, NY
> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website<http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
>
> On Dec 23, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Eric Frank <efran...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> For the last several years (5?) I have been trickle-charging my starting
> and house batteries with a 20 watt semi-flexible solar panel from Spectra.
>  In the last year, its output has dropped to about 1/4 of the initial
> charge rate (used to be about 1.2 A in bright sun).  Reading reviews of
> these panels online, this failure seems to be rather common.  Does anyone
> on this list have experience with these panels or any other semi-flexible
> ones?  I have it mounted on the forward hatch, so it is very useful that it
> can be stepped on, but if there is a better one to replace it with, it
> would be great to hear about it.
>
> Eric  Cat's Paw CC 35-II
> _______________________________________________
> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
> CnC-List@cnc-list.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
> CnC-List@cnc-list.com
>
>
_______________________________________________
This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
CnC-List@cnc-list.com

Reply via email to