[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Solar PanelMakeCapacity//battery selector settings

Tue Mar 30 11:29:14 EDT 2010

Lee,

I think that I can retool my 2-cycle Suzuki outboard to run on methane.  Now 
on to creating a spinnaker that can take advantage of all of that "wind" 
being passed ... We don't need no stinkin' cows, just chili for the crew!

Clearly, I need to get the boat in the water once this awful rain stops.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "KUHN, LELAND" Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:20 AM
> Mike,
>
> Someone already beat us to it.
>
> http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G1881
>
> But I think we need to get cows to crap on our boats.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michael D.
> Weisner
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:12 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Solar Panel MakeCapacity//battery
> selector settings
>
> Lee,
>
> Scientists have been working very hard to prepare a paint that can be
> applied to buildings that, when exposed to sunlight, generates
> electricity.
> In this manner all outdoor painted surfaces could become part of the
> "grid."
> I think that you may be on to something if you can turn bird shit into
> solar
> energy generation, thus avoiding the paint application step.  Now, about
> the
> semiconducting properties of bird shit ...
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "KUHN, LELAND" Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:54 AM
>>
>> Rod,
>> Rod,
>>
>> Sorry but I don't know.  Partly because I don't know what controllers
> or
>> diodes are.  The only thing on my solar panels appears to be bird
> shit.
>>
>> Hope that helps!
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ellner
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:16 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Solar Panel Make Capacity//
> battery
>> selector settings
>>
>> Lee,
>> Do you know if there are controllers or diodes on the solar panels?
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> KUHN, LELAND wrote:
>>> Rod,
>>>
>>> My boat was recycled in 2005.  I have two solar panels and two
>>> batteries.  Both panels are connected to the cabin battery which is
>>> connected to the starter battery.  I have no battery selector.
>>>
>>> I too just use my outboard to get in and out of my slip, but my
>>> batteries primarily are only used to start my outboard and run the
>>> depth-finder.  So far the panels have kept the batteries charged.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> Lee
>>> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>>> Kent Island, MD
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ellner
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:42 AM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Solar Panel Make Capacity//
>> battery
>>> selector settings
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I had two solar panels installed by Stan in 2009.  I have been under
>> the
>>>
>>> impression that the solar panels are wired direct  to each of the
>>> batteries. One solar panel is wired to battery #1 and the other panel
>> is
>>>
>>> wired to battery #2. If that is the case shouldn't the battery
>> selector
>>> be placed in the "off"position. That would allow each battery to be
>>> charged and prevent one bad battery from draining a good battery.  I
>> had
>>>
>>> an older battery and a new battery on my boat.  What selector
> position
>>
>>> do other people use?
>>>
>>> Now I have a one year old battery and I plan to buy a new one of the
>>> same make and model for the second battery.  Should I do this? Or
>> should
>>>
>>> I buy two batteries?   I have read the batteries should be identical
>> and
>>>
>>> the same age.
>>>  Chris Cowie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Caesar:
>>>>
>>>> Enclosed are two photos that show the solar panel arrangement Stan
>>>>
>>> provided for my 2009 boat.  I have two solar panels, one port and one
>>> starboard, and two batteries, one house and one starter.  I keep my
>>> battery switch to both while at the slip so that the two panels
>> trickle
>>> charge both batteries.  2009 was my first season sailing and I don't
>>> have a battery charger and didn't need one during my 30 or so day
>> sails
>>> and 6 overnight trips.  I don't use too much power and find that the
>>> solar panels combined with my 20 minutes of outboard charging in and
>> out
>>> of the harbor provides keeps my batteries in pretty good shape.
>>> Ultimately I would like to add a tiller pilot and at that point might
>>> want a charger and xantrax battery monitor but that's not in this
>> year's
>>> budget.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christopher P. Cowie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 4400 MacArthur Blvd, NW
>>>> Suite 300
>>>> Washington, DC  20007
>>>> 202.342.2711
>>>> 202.342.2691 fax
>>>> 202.270.1470 mobile
>>>>
>>>> [ccowie at cowieassociates.com]
>>>> cowieassociates.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>>
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Lowe, Rob
>>>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:03 AM
>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Solar Panel Make Capacity
>>>>
>>>> Caesar,
>>>> Can't tell you make and model of solar panel.
>>>>
>>>> Doubt one panel would keep up with both batteries.  Actually visited
>>>>
>>> Stan this past weekend.  He says one panel charges house battery and
>> one
>>> the starter battery.
>>>
>>>> If you want the same panel, order one from Stan.  Then you'll know
> it
>>>>
>>> will match. - rob
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>>
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Caesar Paul
>>>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 1:29 PM
>>>> To: Rhodes List
>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Solar Panel Make Capacity
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> My 1986 recycled 2008 Rhodes 22 came with one Solar Panel, and and
> it
>>>>
>>> has kept the one battery it is connected to, topped off.
>>>
>>>> What is the make and capacity of the Solar Panel on our boat?  Can
>> the
>>>>
>>> one Solar Panel keep both batteries topped off if I connect them in
>>> Parallel?
>>>
>>>> Where can I find a similar solar panel?  They say two hands (panels)
>>>>
>>> are better than one.
>>>
>>>> It would be good to know the make and capacity of my Solar Panel.  I
>>>>
>>> can find no markings on mine, may have faded over the years.
>>>
>>>> The second battery my GPS is connected to died on me while on our
> San
>>>>
>>> Juan Cruise last year.  I was not motoring enough to keep that
> battery
>>> fully charged.
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Caesar
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