Hello fellow Amel owners,
In 2017 I purchased Amelia in Grenada and built a solar and wind arch. It has been great. I installed what was available at the time; namely two 265w mono panels measuring 1655mm x 992mm.
I am pretty close to self sufficient if there is some wind, but as we all know you can not have too much power, especially as I have a 2.4kw inverter that can soak up a lot of power.
I am back in the UK for a few weeks and see, Canadian Solar have a mono 410w panel measuring 1700mm x 992mm. The same width but only 45mm longer. This would pump out over 50% extra….in those two years the technology has improved a lot!!! The amazing thing is that the prices have fallen too. I paid US$ 363 for each panel. Still waiting on prices but will be less for sure. It would not be a huge expense to upgrade the panels as the whole infrastructure is already in place. 50% extra solar output is huge.
Does anyone have any opinion as to the very best panel to buy? Is there any specific technology I should look for?
This is just brainstorming at the moment...
Happy sailing
Nick
S/Y Amelia AML 54-019
Kefalonia, Greece.
