And the flexible variant tends to be less efficient than fixed. That's changing but at a price.
John Sent from my iPad > On Mar 26, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I bet you'd get more milage out of insulating your ice box better. > Don Casey has a whole chapter about this in his book "good old boat". If I > ever install refrigeration on my boat I'm only doing it after an icebox > rebuild. > > To answer your question about the panel, the dodger will not help you. > Shading, even very minor shading, render the panels almost useless. See here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2UdCOq0A5c > > With a 65 watt (rigid) panel on my bimini top I get 3 to 3.5 amps at peak > daylight hours. That's not enough to run a fridge. Flexible panels on a > dodger won't be any better, even they are bigger. > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Kim Brown <kimcbr...@comcast.net> wrote: >> All, >> Looking to add some solar. Currently I am only good for about a day at >> anchor before I have to address the batteries. Main draw is the reefer. >> (wife has short hair and have gone with LEDs) We were anchored out this >> past weekend and by the end of day 2 the batteries (2x grp 31h - 110 amp hrs >> each) were about out of juice. Warm beer is not an option. Hate running the >> engine at anchor; don't have any room for another battery without major >> work; not enough wind around here to make wind work. No dinghy davits or >> other structure to put rigid panels on..... SO anyone have any experience >> with the semi flexible solar panels that you can attach (Velcro) to your >> bimini top? Not looking to trickle charge to top off- I am at a dock at the >> house and can plug in when home as needed. I need to keep the beer cold at >> anchor on day 2-3. >> >> Kim Brown >> Trust Me!!! 35-3 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
