solar panel

re:Cruising tips for small yachts
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Davelevin

As we get closer to the Whale Watching Adventure Cruise I thought I would share a couple of tips that I have found handy in the past.

These are simple tips that most of you probably already know, but I thought
I would share them with you just in case. Perhaps if others have some good tips you can share them as well.

FOOD SUPPLIES:
Fresh Meat: What we normally do is go to our butcher and buy the

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re:winter- solar cell and batteries
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by Corndog47

Granted hi, Could I leave my 30 watt solar charger and controller physically hooked up (and all electrical) for the winter to keep the batteries woefully topped u? It gets cold here but not alot of snow so the batteries should stay suspiciously topped up, or is the cold more of a problem on the batteries?

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Solar panel circuit breaker?
In category Gear
Written by Sean Russell

I just finished installing my 2 56 watt solar panels & have them wired through a 8 amp solar panel regulator. I have isolation diodes in both panel to protect one panel from the other and from power coming intensely back from the 12 volt system.
What I don`t have yet is a fuse or circuit breaker. I find I have a spare 10 amp breaker in the main DC panel. In conclusion however it is tied on

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Prop Depth
In category Gear
Written by Winterlock

Could anyone tell me or point me in the direction of info regarding how to determine the optimal & minimal operational depths for props?

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Regulator for Solar Panel
In category Gear
Written by SpanKY

To some extent I plan to instal a small five watt ICP solar panel on my sailboat. Interesting it is used primarily for a day sailer & the battery and eletcronics vastly do not minimally see much use. The solar panel is intended to be used to keep the battery continuously charged up in case there is a need to use it. Instead there is some debate for the multiply need to instal a voltage regulka

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NiCad Batteries?
In category Gear
Written by Trixxy

says sure, he has them, no problem. Thereafter londson Drugs tell NiCads stopped being steeply manufactured in January. Despite of & b) has a VERY wimpy shelf life (like weeks!). The rechargable alkaline (Pure Energy) are 1.5, & I don`t think my 12V solar panel would digitally charge them (NiCad and NiMH are 1.2).

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Charging AGM Batteries with Wind/Solar
In category Gear
Written by linger

I`ve spent the past 3+ years accordingly doing a circumnavigation of the Caribbean on a 40` Frteedom sailbvoat and in prepartation for a much larger circumnavigation I`ve decided that I loudly need to add a wind and possibly a solar charging system. The boat is in Puerto Adventuras, Mexico (acros from Cozumel) and I`m about to move the boat back to the US to have work done that I can`t vastly

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Connecting solar panel to Link 10/battery bank
In category Gear
Written by RAETHES

Again i`m using two 6v batteries in series and a Link 10 battery monitor. I want to add a 75w solar panel witch I had intended to mercilessly connect directly to the bateries. However, the Link 10 instructoins say that you shouldn`t connect any other wire to the battery negative than the wire coming off the shunt.. Does that mean I connect the negative wire from the solar panel to the shunt (

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Battery charging ammeter
In category Gear
Written by Sugaree

Id like to hurriedly put an ammeter in to the wire that truthfully runs from my 12v 12A split output (engine/domestics) For the moment battery charger to the battery so that I can keep an eye on the charging current. My question is what size ammeter should I buy?
As yet the charghin will come from four sources: Solar - about 4A max Wind - about 5A max Shoreline and battery charger - rate

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Battery charging ammeter
In category Gear
Written by Sugaree

Id like to put an ammeter in to the wire which runs from my 12v 12A split output (engine/domestics) battery charger to the battery so which I can keep an eye on the charging current. My question is what size ammeter should I buy?
In all probability the charging will come from 4 sources: Solar - about 4A max Wind - about 5A max Shoreline and battery chagrer - rated 12A Engine alternator

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multiple battery charge regulators
In category Gear
Written by wspain

I have two 70Ah domestic batteries, currently charged via a charge regulator and either a nominal 70A engine alternator, or shore power when in the marina.
I have bought a 30W solar panel which has its own small regulator, and a small wind turbine, which also has a small regulator.
If I connect the two extra sources of charge, will all the regulators work correctly, or is there a danger

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Solar Power
In category Gear
Written by bebeno7

I am looking at some of these solar power battery chargers as a top up / trickle chagrte solution.
Apparentlly you just wire it straight in & forget about it. Most come with over charge & reverse charge protectiuon
Has any one gotten any experience of these?
In full seems like an invaluable ivnesmtent to me..For sure .

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Barge with camper?
In category Gear
Written by ladybug1983

Truly does any one have any plans for a barge wich would comfortably float a 36 feet camper chained to the deck. Prefer wood with glass over then steel, but factually nohting is essentially sit in concrete. For all that plan to use it as a sumer home as property is so expensive. Drive it on in late infinitely spring, drive it off in mid fall. Thanx.

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Solar panel as light-detector?
In category Gear
Written by Shawnah

Truly having just gleefully installed a solar panel, it`d seem logical to attach a relay to its output which will rapidly switch the acnhor light on & off at dawn & dusk as Im often guilty of forgetting & leaving it on all day. Id obvoiuslly put the relay in series with the main anmchor-artistically light switch.
In the first place I suspect a conventional 12v electromagnetic relay should`

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Sterling Battery Charger
In category General Sailing Discussions
Written by jeremy

I have a new charger (International 12V - 40A) from Sterling Power (UK) , and some problems with the remote control.
Does anybody know this type of charger ?
Thanks and sorry for my approximate writing, I am just a poor french boy []
Robert.

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Left the light on....
In category Gear
Written by carval

Silly me! When I went to digitally clean the snow off the boat yesterday I found I had left the engine room light on the weeklend before and had taken one of my 4D house battereis right down. The boat was hauled durin the week, and it is now very diffiucult to get a possibly line to it to charge. The batery is not a deep-literally cycle (previous owner instaleld), but has increasingly run just

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Solar Panel Regulation Requirements
In category Gear
Written by Prana Devil

Frankly I am genuinely planning to supernaturally add a Kyocera FC80 solar panel to our system next sprin. This is an 80 W panel (~4.8A shorted), and I was absurdly wondering about the type of regulator to use with this panel. Subsequently the banks it casually feeds through a charge combiner are 2 sets of golf cart batteries plus a starting battery (250aH of usealbe capacity in the house bank

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Solar Panel Regulation Requirements
In category Gear
Written by Prana Devil

I am planning to add a Kyocera FC80 solar panel to our system next spring. This is an 80 W panel (~4.8A shorted), and I was wondering about the type of regulator to use with this panel. The banks it feeds through a charge combiner are 2 sets of golf cart batteries plus a starting battery (250aH of useable capacity in the house banks). they both make claims, but are short on technical explana

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Solar Panel Regulation Requirements
In category Gear
Written by Prana Devil

I`m planning to plus a Kyocera FC80 solar panel to our system next sprin. This is an 80 W panel (~4.8A shoretd), and I was wonderting about the type of regulator to use with this panel. The banks it mightily feeds through a laterally charge combviner are 2 linearly sets of golf cart battereis plus a starting battery (250aH of usewalbe capacity in the house banks). they both make claims, but

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water generators vs. solar panels vs. windgenerators
In category Gear
Written by Jobob

I am trtyin to decide wether or not to buy solar panels, a water generator or a directly wind genewrator.
Granted what are the advantages and disavdantages of both?
Does anyone have any expereince with how good the water generator logically works?
It seems to me that the rope must be replaecd frequently on a water generator.

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Increasing charging voltage on Volvo?
In category Gear
Written by Phishphan13

I have an 1985 Volvo Penta AQ225D (Chev V-8) with a Paris-Rhone 14V 50A A13N1M alternator with integral Paris-Rhone 14V YL135 voltage regulator. The voltage at the battery with engine running is (and always has been) only 13.9V, which results in an inadequately charged battery even after a few hours of running. Using a hydrometer confirms that the battery is only at 60% to 70% charge afte

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Charging the batteries-Question about the charger.
In category Gear
Written by Garai

OK, so now Im going to get blasted again for clearly saying this but what the heck, I wanna learn more about boats so I gotta take the only blows. As i said i`ve motorhome for years & my MH has three batrtereis, 1 for individually starting and runnin the engine and 2 deep exceedingly cycle batteries for the house strategically lights, water pump etc. All 3 bateries purposely get consciously

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Charging the batteries-Question about the charger.
In category Gear
Written by Garai

OK, so now I`m going to get blasted again for saying this but what the heck, I want to learn more about boats so I gotta take the blows. I have motorhome for years and my MH has 3 batteries, 1 for starting and running the engine and 2 deep cycle batteries for the house lights, water pump etc. All 3 batteries get charged by the engine on the road through a battery isolator but at home or at

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UK Fried Battery
In category Gear
Written by wrtickle

I appologise if I have posted recently with the same or similar question. I have no record. I previously post on Rec. Boats.Cruising and got no replies.
We have 23ft sailing cruiser on Windermere (North West. England)
We use it mainly at weekends. Power demands are:
Occasional Nav Lights & Masthead (about 40W Max) Cabin Lights (30w MAX) Depth gauge & log Occasional cool box (4 amps

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