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Posted by: Peter J on 2009-09-17, 13:42:28
Nothing will power the boat with solar... (It doesn't have enough power, your best bet is wind) Here are some solar accessories. westmarine.com/ webapp/ wcs/ stores/ servlet/ SiteSearchView?catalogId= 10001 &Ntx= mode+ matchallpartial &keyword= solar &Ntt= solar &N= 377+ 710 &storeId= 10001 &Ntk= Primary+ Search &ddkey= SiteSearch For example, notice this equation.... 746 watts = 1 horsepower. wiki.answers.com/ Q/ How_many_watts_does_it_take_to_equal_one_horsepower so, if you had 7 of the expensive panels (westmarine.com/ webapp/ wcs/ stores/ servlet/ producte/ 10001/ -1/ 10001/ 280571/ 377%20710/ 0/ solar/ Primary%20Search/ mode%20matchallpartial/ 20/ 0?N= 377 710 &Ne= 0 &Ntt= solar &Ntk= Primary Search &Ntx= mode matchallpartial &Nao= 20 &Ns= 0 &keyword= solar &isLTokenURL= true &storeNum= 5002 &subdeptNum= 9 &classNum= 592) you'd have right around 1 horsepower. A dingy is underpowered with six horsepower... so you would need 40 of those panels to make a dingy underpowered... with the sun shining!! Solar isn't nearly as good a deal as so many people think it is! (for $36,000 you can have an underpowered solar dingy!) |
