[Rhodes22-list] Solar Panel Installation on Rhodes 22

[Hank]

You are reading the voltage of the battery once you hook the panel to
the battery. Everything is working as it should.

Hank

On 3/6/09, David Culp <dculp at hsbtx.com> wrote:
> I have some questions for anyone who may happen to know:
> I have two solar panels permanently installed on the cabin top of my 1998
> Rhodes.  They are blue in color and so far, have worked very well.  My first
> question is does anyone have the same panels from GBI and know the
> manufacturer and specs?  I can always ask Stan, but hopefully he is busy
> selling boats right now.
>
> I have two batteries.  One up front and one in the laz both run through a
> nice battery sel/cutoff switch.   I had a battery go bad this year and
> replaced both of mine with matching 24 series deep-cycle batteries.  I
> assume that we have an unregulated system as I can't find a regulator
> anywhere, can anyone confirm?
>
> When my batteries were removed on a full sunlight afternoon, my volt/ohm
> meter was showing me 18 volts coming from the panels which I think is pretty
> good.  When I wire in the batteries then I start reading their voltages
> which are 12.5 on each.  I assume that this is normal even though the panels
> are indicating 18 volts?
>
> I don't think anything is wrong because my system was working fine and the 2
> year battery lasted exactly two years.  I just wanted to check with the list
> as this is my first experience with solar panels; so any information anyone
> has is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> David Culp
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