You could use the PV panel to charge a battery then run the heaters for a while before you go. You don't need to run the heater continuously (correct me if I'm wrong please)
James H wrote: >Maud Essen wrote: > > >Can block, tank, or fuel line heaters be made to work off a solar panel? > > > >Maud > >St. Louis, MO > > > >I would guess most block, tank, or fuel heaters draw between 15 and 100 >amps. A 75 watt Photovoltaic module would put out 4 amps in ideal >conditions. Therefore you would need minimum 4 panels at $350 each to run >a 15amp heater. More likely you would need 10 - 20 modules. My 6 panels >give me between 1 and 24 amps during sunlight hours. > > > >James > > > > -- -- Martin Klingensmith http://infoarchive.net/ http://nnytech.net/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
