[C320-list] solar panel

[Pat Moriarty]

1994 model and the Texas sun mine was toast and now all I have is an 
ugly hole. #139 was on my lake and it did not have a solar panel so 
they were not standard.

Pat #130

At 04:14 PM 12/17/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Pat,
>
>The solar panel in front of the traveler is in place on hull 326.  I  had
>thought they were standard on the earlier models, but perhaps not.  I  don't
>think they're too efficient (not mine, anyway).  That thin, new  model from
>Nanosolar described below sounds interesting....
>
>
>In a message dated 12/17/2008 3:43:42 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>patm at psiurethanes.com writes:
>
>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
>
>Pat Moriarty
>PSI Urethanes Inc
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>
>
>
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Pat Moriarty
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