Thanks Art,
Does it run your fresh system or just for wash down? How did you run your
lines if you used it for fresh too?
Lance Jones
Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club
Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce!
Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Czerwonky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Pressure water system
Lance,
I put a West 3.4 wash down into my Rhodes, installed
in a corner of the laz, never been more happy. Fresh
water, different pump, no problem.
Art Czerwonky
s/v Mary Jane
--- Lance Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Has anyone out there installed an electric water
pump for their water system? If so, any insights?
Lance Jones
Cruising Captain, Barefoot Sailing Club
Catalina 27TR SN 5455 Gaelforce!
Capri 25 SN 411 Scottish Rebel!
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Agur
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:16 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 boat's 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 brother's 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
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 it's rated wattage in the tropics (the angle
of the sun's 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 it's 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 won't 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
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 panel 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]
