My solar powered sailboat

Way back in 1988 I built a solar system for my sailboat before we took off for the islands on a 4 year jaunt to leave corporate America in our wake.

I used 3- 25 watt solar panels and found that the 25 watt rating was very low. I actually was putting over 10 amps into my battery system most of the daylight hours.

After 4 years in the caribbean the panels were working perfectly with no maintenence. I did have a problem with the voltage regulator on the out put and burned up a battery, but the panels were still working as well as ever.

During this 4 year period I NEVER had to start the engine to charge batteries and we used refrigeration all the time plus all running lights and reading lights at night.

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