On 08 September 2021 at 08:49 "Patrick McAneny via groups.io" <sailw32@...> wrote:

Danny , It may not be an issue,as I have a new plan . I would appreciate if someone would tell me if this would work. I presently have three 140w panels on my arch,they are 26" wide ,same as the railing is tall. Could I install a new 370 W panel on my arch and install two of my old panel (8yrs. old )on the rail ,leaving the third old panel on the arch ,then hook them all four together in series. Can you hook panels of different Watts and open voltage together? 

I have a TriStar MPPT charge controller 45 amp up to 150 VOC input 12-48 volts , 24V -1200 watts .So I guess the controller can handle the panels . Is there a downside to hooking these different panels in series?

Thanks,

Pat

SM Shenanigans

-----Original Message-----
From: Danny and Yvonne SIMMS <simms@...>
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io
Sent: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 3:50 pm
Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Solar panels stainless steel mounted vs soft panels

Hi Pat, I will measure later on today. I set the swivels so the inboard portion gave me room to pass. This is about 1/3 in 2/3 out. It  clears the rub rail when swiveled down. The room I had did set the size of panel, length as well.. As I have said before I wasn't trying to power a floating condo from solar only. 

I let you know later today about the measurement.

Kind Regards

Danny

On 08 September 2021 at 03:51 "Patrick McAneny via groups.io" <sailw32@...> wrote:

Danny, I want to add some more solar and while I never liked the idea of rail mounting ,I don't want to modify my bimini either. My problem is ,that most panels with decent output are approx . 40 + inches wide . From the rail down to the rub rail is only about 26 inches . I would then have over a foot inboard of the rail. How wide of a panel do you recommend ?

Thanks

Pat
SM Shenanigans

-----Original Message-----
From: Danny and Yvonne SIMMS <simms@...>
To: main@AmelYachtOwners.groups.io
Sent: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 3:45 pm
Subject: Re: [AmelYachtOwners] Solar panels stainless steel mounted vs soft panels

Hi Greg, That was what I would have done had I gone internal but as I said I surface mounted "temporarily" and it was so satisfactory I left it as it was. I don't think anyone even notices the wires.

Kind Regards

Danny

SM 299

Ocean Pearl

On 07 September 2021 at 04:13 Gregory Shea <gmshea@...> wrote:

JB, Danny,

The Frenchman who installed my rail mounted panels had an interesting way of leading the wiring inside the boat. 

You can see the waterproof gland in the gunwhale which he then led into the conduit in the corner of the hull to deck joint. From there he could take the wiring anywhere in the boat, very easily.

Interesting approach.

Greg Shea

Sharki 133 Cap des iles

 

On Sep 6, 2021, at 6:17 PM, JB Duler < jbduler@...> wrote:

Danny and Greg, thank you so much! I did not know anything about that Swedish company (I had seen their table).
Great find and a fantastic resource for me.
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John Bernard "JB" Duler
San Francisco
Meltem # 19, Western Med