Also, don't forget to wash the solar panels occasionally. If they're roof
mounted, they'll get dirty, and that combined with being in the shade could
cut way down on their output.
Don
> From: "terry tyler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 19:09:27 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [VAC] Solar Panels
>
> Hi Pearl,
> In your note, you asked:
>
>> Am I getting thru?
>> trailer unplugged for over month
>> should I plug in to keep batteries up
>> solar panels in shade so not working
>> Pearl Main>
>
> ===============
> Pearl my love, come sit beside me while I share an
> example. Six months every winter for the last ten
> winters, two of our Airstreams (with solar panels)
>
> have been out doors and not in a direct path of
> the
> sun (north side of a building). Each Spring, when
> we
> return the batteries are fully charged.
>
> But, if our Airstreams were in a barn, the panels
> would not to get any daylight. If that was the
> case, I'd do what I do with two tow vehicles we
> keep stored in a garage all winter. The way I keep
> those batteries fully charged is with a "Battery
> Saver Solar Panel" (12" x 4" x 1") that weighs
> one pound. It provides 125mAmps @ 15 volts under
> full sun intensity (says the ad). Whatever it
> actually is during the winter in New England
> is enough because both of our trucks always
> start in the Spring. There is an 800 number.
> USA 1-800-724-3908 or Canada 1-800-667-7652
>
> The reason for telling you this is to suggest
> either having your solar system checked out for
> some component draining power while you are not
> in it (an illuminated 12v clock perhaps) or
> consider putting one of the "Battery Saver
> Solar Panels" in an outside window of your barn
> <grin> and plugging it into one of the cigarette
> lighter appliances in your Airstream.
>
> Okay, I know you don't have a barn. Bottom line
> is you have "the right stuff" to easily keep your
> batteries charged if your Airstream is left out
> doors (and if there is nothing draining them
> while you are away for a month).
>
> There has to be a simple reason for your
> batteries not being charged. What you describe as
> "solar panels in shade so not working" is NOT the
> way it's supposed to work. You are too far away
> from me or I'd come over and check it out for you.
>
> Let's see if anyone on this list knows of someone
> near the Hemet, CA area who could help solve this.
>
> Hugs,
> Terry
>
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