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Default liveaboards; how much power are you using?

"Electricky Dicky" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:21:11 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

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If it's partly sunny most of the day, the solar cell is sufficient. If
we happen to run the battery flat, a couple of hours' sunlight will
bring us up far enough to start the Yanmar.


So what do you do if you suddenly need the engine on a foggy day!!!!!

I cannot see any sense in a setup like this.



Richard

Nb "Pound Eater" Parkend G+S



You wait. Actually, a bit of fog should still let allow some charging...
certainly true for our home solar panels.

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