This video demonstrates how I was ready to in shape two large solar panels on to a tiny sailing boat. I built a Do it yourself solar panel mounting method which permits the panels to monitor the sun, while obtaining very very little shading from the present construction of the boat.
This kind of method is very easy to develop (working with tubular stainless steel and stainless steel fittings with grub screws – no welding is necessary) and can be modified to accommodate any boat. I also ‘invented’ a simple way of correcting the panels in the desired situation working with Dyneema line and Jubilee Clips. (I’ve never seen anyone do this before but I find it operates very effectively.)
No specialised instruments are desired other than a cheap, tiny and long lasting pipe cutter. You can save yourself a fortune by fitting your solar panels yourself and it is an easy job. I put in probably 70% of the develop time planning and measuring, and only 30% really making, so you must permit yourself plenty of time for the planning phase.
In this video I also converse about the MPPT solar charge controller I chose to in shape, which can permit your batteries to acquire up to 40% additional charge compared to the additional simple solar charge controllers.
MPPT Photo voltaic charge controllers minimize the voltage and at the same time raise the amperage to the batteries when required. With a simple charge controller, if the battery can acquire, for occasion, 14.5 volts as a utmost charge [before the acid starts off to 'boil'] but the charge controller is obtaining 19.5 volts from the solar panels at a certain instant, the ‘excess’ 5 volts will be transformed into warmth by the charge controller and is hence missing to the atmosphere before it at any time gets to the battery bank. In the higher than state of affairs, an MPPT solar charge controller would charge the batteries at 14.5 volts but would use the ‘excess’ voltage to raise the amperage and this can make a massive distinction to the fee of charge. Room is at a high quality on a boat, so you could possibly as effectively get the most you can out of your solar panels!
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Post time: Jan-03-2017