On Thu, 8/13/15, Nathan Bossett nbossett@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:

Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Batteries
To: "Alexandre Uster von Baar uster@... [amelyachtowners]" <amelyachtowners@...>
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 10:33 AM


 









Like BeBe, I have Kyocera panels and have been
happy with them (also on

two other boats). That's two ~100W panels, one port and
one starboard on

the lifelines aft. The long axis is forward/aft and
they're mounted with

the lifeline up and down the center. They're on mounts
which allow them

to spin so that when in use they can be flat but when coming
into a slip

they can be spun inside the lifelines so they don't
stick out and get

caught on anything.



That mounting isn't ideal solar efficiency such as
you'd get by putting

them on a ball mount to swing forward/aft to track the sun
during the day

on an East or West passage. At any given and heading, one
might be in a

bit of shade from the mizzen. But they keep up with the
autopilot,

refrigeration, and other minor loads.



The key is an appropriate charge controller configured for
the type of

batteries. Mine is a Blue Sky (coupled with an Outback for
the AC

charging) but unlike the Kyocera's I didn't research
it because that's

what she came with.



My 2004(?) flooded batteries are just about done but took
some abuse along

the way.



-Nathan



Maramu #29



On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 06:54:04AM -0700, Alexandre Uster
von Baar uster@... [amelyachtowners] wrote:

> So will consider solar panels.

> Does anyone have input in this solution?

> Also for those using solar panels, did you keep the
same flooded

> batteries or did you change them with AGM, or else?


>

> Thanks in advance, sincerely, Alexandre

> SM2K #289 NIKIMAT

> Taino Beach, Grand Bahama











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