[C320-list] solar panel

[Kurt Budelmann]

Pat,

Do you know how the wires ran from your panel when it was there to the 
controller and on to the batteries?


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Kurt Budelmann
Everwind, Catalina 320, #1035


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Moriarty" <patm at psiurethanes.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] solar panel


> 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
>>PH: 800-888-5156  Fax:  512-837-8733
>>Please visit our web site  at
>>www.psiurethanes.com
>>
>>
>>
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> Pat Moriarty
> PSI Urethanes Inc
> PH: 800-888-5156  Fax: 512-837-8733
> Please visit our web site at
> www.psiurethanes.com
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>
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