I went to the site cited about getting the enormous results with solar.

I can't see how you read the info. My experience was duplicated with
the site's info.

That site led me to
http://www.where-rv-now.com/Notes/So...php#Calculator which is a
pretty cool calculator for any latitude and nature of panel, but
doesn't add in the effect of a high voltage panel array and MPPT...

L8R

Skip

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
http://tinyurl.com/384p2 The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

wrote in news:1154792372.991289.88190
@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

I went to the site cited about getting the enormous results with solar.

I can't see how you read the info. My experience was duplicated with
the site's info.

That site led me to
http://www.where-rv-now.com/Notes/So...php#Calculator which is a
pretty cool calculator for any latitude and nature of panel, but
doesn't add in the effect of a high voltage panel array and MPPT...

L8R

Skip

My experience is that you get a maximum of 1/2 of the rated wattage when
charging batteries which are at 12.5V+. When I connect the panels to a dead
load, then I get the rated output. Of course this is at noon in the
Caribbean with perfect conditions.

-- Geoff

PS has an interesting article on MPPT regulators this month. Made me feel
much better about the $250 I invested in one. OTOH, by the time I get Rutu
in the water the MPPT regulators and the solar panels will probably be more
efficient.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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wrote in news:1154792372.991289.88190
@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

I went to the site cited about getting the enormous results with solar.

I can't see how you read the info. My experience was duplicated with
the site's info.

That site led me to
http://www.where-rv-now.com/Notes/So...php#Calculator which is a
pretty cool calculator for any latitude and nature of panel, but
doesn't add in the effect of a high voltage panel array and MPPT...

L8R

Skip

My experience is that you get a maximum of 1/2 of the rated wattage when
charging batteries which are at 12.5V+. When I connect the panels to a
dead
load, then I get the rated output. Of course this is at noon in the
Caribbean with perfect conditions.

-- Geoff

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:sF7Bg.8508$ok5.3239@dukeread01...
PS has an interesting article on MPPT regulators this month. Made me feel
much better about the $250 I invested in one. OTOH, by the time I get
Rutu in the water the MPPT regulators and the solar panels will probably
be more efficient.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com


Mind those dilithium chambers, c'apn! ;-)