I am curious as well. I am planning to add panels to my boat this spring and have not bought the panel yet. My plan has been to get a rigid monocrystalline panel as large as fits on the companionway hatch/slider and just leave it there with velcro strips when I am away from the boat and move it below when sailing. Dave
Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DCDQKII/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3TP26G61L9G6W&coliid=IMMS6EWFO7M0O On Dec 23, 2013, at 2:19 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 > > 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 David Knecht, Ph.D. Professor and Head of Core Microscopy Facility Department of Molecular and Cell Biology U-3125 91 N. Eagleville Rd. University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2200 860-486-4331 (fax)
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