[C320-list] solar panel

[Pat Moriarty]

Side bar to this topic. I have/had a solar panel that came from 
Catalina and is mounted in front of the hatch in a depression with a 
trim ring. Does anyone else have this or does anyone know of this on 
another 320?

Pat #130


At 03:32 PM 12/17/2008, you wrote:
>On the solar panel topic, there is, apparently, thin film solar "paper" in
>the works. Check-out nanosolar.com. They have a process that allows the
>"printing" of a thin film "ink" on a wafer substrate that is quite flexible.
>I wonder if this would work as a sail cover: throw it on, secure it, plug it
>in and you're in business; or, a layer on the top of a bimini that can be
>folded up. Interesting.
>
>"Based on our cell and product design innovations, Nanosolar is capable of
>delivering high-power solar panels with 5-10 times higher current than other
>thin-film solar panels on the market today."
>
>Don't get your hopes up too soon. They say all their production for the next
>12 months is taken. Better products through technology. (Who said that?)
>
>Warren & Pattie Updike
>Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>Middle River, Chesapeake Bay

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