Billy take this as it is meant with levity. As young marrieds first you learn is Happy wife, Happy life! Coming from a couple married 36 yrs this year! Love watching y’all.
This reminds me of the Honda generator conversation. Enjoy all your sun power and AC . Jetty deserves to sleep in air conditioned comfort. Good girl Jetty.
Love the new cockpit covers! I had no idea you had ordered these, they'll be a real game changer. Great surfing segment, you guys are "LIVING THE DREAM".
Not a sailor but we do travel part time with an off road travel trailer and camp off grid. Our first trailer we added 400 amp lithium batteries and charged them with a 200 watt solar panel or generator when camping in trees or cloudy weather. Our current travel traitor has 1080 amp lithium batteries and 1200 watts solar. The original portable panels are extremely heavy and I have been impressed with the newer flexible panels for camping in shade. Also our travel trailer is all electric including induction cook top. Love it. We only use propane for hot water and heat. We travel year around and the trailer is rated to - 30° F. Love your channel, keep up the good work. I have always wondered why they make shade cloth black. It seems as if white or reflective would keep things even cooler.
One of the first things we did on S/V FUN, was to remove the non working propane galley, and add an induction cook top, and small air fryer convection oven. I built a gimbal to house them. We LOVE it! Does not heat up the galley, and cooks quick. We always know how much volts we have before and after we cook, while with propane that is not so easy. The induction cook top ready to go, costs less than most common fail parts in a propane system. We have propane for our grill. This is our back up, if you're worried you can't cook after a lightening strike. We have 800 ah, and 1000W. We are currently cruising in Maine.
Thanks for sharing! We're so glad you have the A/C running! We can't imagine not having A/C in the SE - we even needed it a few times in the Puget Sound. We're learning so much from you guys - so thank you!
Have you ever considered adding other forms of electrical generation such as wave generation or wind generation? The wind and the wet and the waves will continue even overnight to charge your batteries.
Wind is not that efficient. We have a 400w wind gen, only produces on average 2A. Most wind generators need over 8 knots of wind to start producing power, 15 or more for better power production. Some have water turbine generators, but you have to be moving. Don't think there is any portable wave power generators avail, I think its only works with large swell movements.
Cheap wind gens suck, but there are good one out there. Nice thing about wind is that no deck space lost, works at night, when its cloudy it tends to be windy. Solar and wind work very well together. When wind conditions are perfect, durplus of power you can run water makers etc off 12v dc.
Hi guys! The Lazy Bag can be equipped with flexible solar panels in a vertical position. This will increase the efficiency of energy production during sunsets and sunrises. Not to mention that the reflection of the water surface will even enhance the lighting effect! It only remains to find a way to install them reliably in order to receive solar energy at anchor or even during navigation, regardless of which side the Sun is on !!
I love this episode. I love watching you guys deal with solar and no shade sides are amazing. I live in a community where we have pontoon boats and we have a metal roof along the 24 feet of boat and we have curtains on both sides so we can drop the sun to the sun from deteriorating your eyes and the plastic because the sun the worst enemy rain never hurts the boat. It’s always the sun that looks so much more comfortable. Great job.
Really useful upgrades! I'm happy you're able to get all this stuff done. Everything serves to add functionality, but also to make your boat even more homey. 😊
Soooo, Sierra was right about A/C 😃. You can put ceramic tint on all your windows……they have heat rejection…….dont have to be dark tint……they can be clear. I have on my boat cabin windows 👍😎
You need to be aware that the flexible solar panels can really mess up the roof they’re mounted on. They get really hot and that heat gets transferred onto the roof. Depending on the type of roof, they can cause some serious damage. We have flexible solar panels on our motorhome and other motorhome owners who decided to replace them with rigid panels, found that the flex panels had caused serious damage to their fiberglass roofs.
The sunscreen for the coach roof window is a great idea. I think will still the idea for our 1370 when we finally get it. Thank you for taking us on your journey. 😊
All kinds of great wind turbine systems to augment the solar. Low solar from rainy days and of course at night the wind powered turbine systems are a wonderful marriage of resources.😊🤠
Tip on AC : go to bed without AC and when you wake up 4 hours later turn it on for the rest of the night. Saves a bunch of power. You will be happy with the Yuma panels. Air fryer: get one. They are rated at 1500 watt but how long will you be using them for? Maybe 30 minutes? So 750 watt. Or alternatively, get a Sous Vide stick. A 750-1000 watt unit is plenty.
Billy, I had to pause, then rewind to make sure I heard you right. LoL "The Office". One of my favorite shows. The boat is looking good. Happy Sailing ⛵
We have these, and we love them. We do something similar where we put them away to go be a fast race/cruiser boat, and then when we beat everyone else to the next anchorage, we pull these out and load up the batteries again!
Solar panels that are hot are less efficient. Flex panels that are glued or VHB taped to the deck get really hot. Adding corrugated PVC panels under the panels allows air to cool them and will improve efficiency slightly - but you can't walk on them because it will crush the corrugation.
I have BoughRV standard solar panels (10-100w 9BB) and I love them, they are amazing and power at or better rated. I can only imagine what these will produce for you. Great choice. Happy trails, be safe.
I've seen fold/flip down/up solar frames on the outside of the boats connecting to the rails that might allow you to run your portable solar panels with less shading and the panels will not take up any deck/trampoline space😁
Don't get an Airfryer; You are both living a super healthy life. There is a lot of information available now regarding non stick (Tefal) I would get a portable single induction cooktop and a portable oven to use in the cockpit on hot days. Love the videos that U 2 share with us.
Almost every time you cut camera takes, there’s a loud pop happening. This is an easy fix, simply fade in/out the audio at the beginning and end of each clip. It’s a hassle but much better production quality and not as painful for us listening on headphones. Truly live your channel, energy, and lifestyle. Wishing you many years of blessings and sailing. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us! 💙
What a huge improvement those shades will be, we have similar shades on X Factor and we love them so much we tend to just leave them up most of the time. They also add some privacy when your in a tight anchorage or marina. Michael Scott, hahaha
There are also so many ways to say "Yes, Dear". Don't forget that when you are sailing, you lose a lot of solar because of the sails shading the solar collectors.
It’s regular for PV pannels to produce more than the nominal output, because pannels are graded under 1000 wh and 25 C of sunlight. Where it’s often more 1200 wh under the tropics, it can go up to +20%
Hey guys I have been hit by lightning lost 50% of my electrics. Please don't get an air fryer they are not safe the non stick surface gets to hot and Leach's toxic elements into your food. Keep up the good work on the videos 👍⛵
Maybe an Idea to put some of your new flexible panels on the new shade thingies you also installed. You could also attached them to a pool ( and the other end to the deck/trampoline and hoist up with a spare halliard as under an angle they probably produce more amps.
How about adding a wind turbine too? I know a lot of people with sail boats that use them, they help a lot since wind is pretty much always there even during the night! So they are really effective. They usually have them attached to an arm that sticks out on the back and can move to the sides when needed.
You would probably get better input and output on your original + the extra solar panels permanently installed on top of your hardtop if you put something under it that will allow you to get airflow under your solar panels. My father who is now passed was an expert back in the day when they were full-timing RV and didn't like the flexible because there needs to be airflow beneath the solar panels. Then the O'Kelly's did a video on a friend of theirs set up that had the electric motors to run his huge catamaran, and one of the things he was showing the O'Kelly's was the layer below that raised up the solar panels and allowed airflow. It was like the mattress protection you put under your mattresses to keep them from molding. It might have been the same stuff. You can ask Nick about it though and he can tell you.
We use our boat differently being at our dock each evening and not anchoring - we don't like anchoring..... but yes to lithium batteries, our Solar is to keep the fridge running if the dock power fails (and it has).. Our galley is all electric so yes induction cook top, air fry microwave and small dishwasher... Yes to the heat pump and the flat screen TV.. We run the dishwasher while sailing and the solar handles the load, the external regulator on the alternator ensures that by the time we head back to the dock - the batteries are fully topped up.. So yes good on you for having sufficient solar to be comfortable... Have you considered a hydro generator?
Efficiency of those panels would probably improve if you put airflow underlay (like what keeps mattresses from molding) under them to help dissipate heat.
Bouge is putting on the full-court press. Hopefull Rolf an Sasha are getting some referral bucks, since they also sold the Evens on a set of these suckers a few weeks ago. :)
Hey Billy, I heard you say you worry about a lightning strike. If that's the case, why don't you install a lightning rod on your mast so you can protect your boat and all your electronics? It's basically just like some people put on their house. They put them on almost all very tall buildings. You should ask around, and you can most likely find how they install them on sail boats. Peace of mind is a lot better than taking a chance that someday you get a strike that blows the bottom out of your boat. Just a safety suggestion. It's worth it.
Have y’all considered a pellet grill? They make small units for tailgating/RVs. Some are completely stainless so they should hold up. The pellets need to stay dry, I use 6 gallon baseball bucket with a lid.
If you can move the boom way over that can help… and get a couple of non flex high output panels of the 400 watt panels on a davit or arch…that you can tilt. Much better….also remount all the flex panels with a corrugated panel under them to provide an air path for heat
As you're running the wires into that compartment which happens to be really close to where you actually want them, couldn't you put some kind of quick connect fitting on the front of the compartment that you could plug the panels into so you wouldn't need to run the wires through the chain channel?
Ever thought about adding in some wind turbine for added power? It’s starting to gain traction in the states not sure how feasible it would be on a boat but given wind can help offset the useage at night provided there is alittle wind
For all that comfort live in an apartment I see Billy reluctant to add more complications to his life style. The more stuff you add the more you work and less cruising
Next is more battery bank! Check out the diy lithium, it's super cheap compared to assembled batteries. Also Sierra, why would you need makeup? You are beautiful! Why would you want to cover that up??
You’re original stick on solar panels will decrease output very quickly they are a popular choice because of their weight but output is ordinary at best,do a good test on the new panels and if they stand up then think about replacing the old ones because trust me they will fail
You need to talk to this company and have customer panels made to permanently install more flex panels everywhere on the boat you even walk and you can just walk on top of them and it won’t hurt them. And that way you could have a cooktop and air fryer because you have double the solar.
I remember after you installed the first batch pointing out this exact issue with the inefficiency of flexible panels , you assured me that you didn't have this problem with Adrenaline and that time would tell , Well I guess time told ya .
So I’m watching this video and I almost wish you edited it with the side shades first, because, I lived in a travel trailer for five years with a yacht LE300 wind turbine as well solar panels, but like you they didn’t generate enough, so I added more to my awning… it dawned on me that awning companies might serve themselves well to incorporate the two systems together, but perhaps you can figure a way to bungee your new portable solar panels to your sun shades? Just a thought.
Not to be the UA-cam University advisor, but if you are running diverse panel groups - meaning some in shade while others in Sun, you will be best of efficiency wise to group them onto different MPPT controllers. I cannot see your new layout but on your old layout I see ideally 3 MPPT controllers. One for the two stern panels and one each for the 4 port and starboard group of for panels.. Granted budget comes into play, but when real estate is a concern plus the lower efficiency of the flexible panels minimizing the loss due to shading of a single panel in a larger group will help over all efficiency. Sigend. RV solar installer.
Billy take this as it is meant with levity. As young marrieds first you learn is Happy wife, Happy life! Coming from a couple married 36 yrs this year! Love watching y’all.
This reminds me of the Honda generator conversation. Enjoy all your sun power and AC . Jetty deserves to sleep in air conditioned comfort. Good girl Jetty.
Senior pets and AC rule. Jetty is such a good dog.
Love the new cockpit covers! I had no idea you had ordered these, they'll be a real game changer. Great surfing segment, you guys are "LIVING THE DREAM".
You are learning Billy. Sierra is always right and the sooner you understand that the easier life will be. 😁
As long as she does as she's told 😂😂
Remember Billy happy wife=happy life
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But Billy you always get the last words on this… Yes honey!
Balance key to life.
Sierra is right AC for the win.😀
Not a sailor but we do travel part time with an off road travel trailer and camp off grid. Our first trailer we added 400 amp lithium batteries and charged them with a 200 watt solar panel or generator when camping in trees or cloudy weather. Our current travel traitor has 1080 amp lithium batteries and 1200 watts solar. The original portable panels are extremely heavy and I have been impressed with the newer flexible panels for camping in shade. Also our travel trailer is all electric including induction cook top. Love it. We only use propane for hot water and heat. We travel year around and the trailer is rated to - 30° F. Love your channel, keep up the good work. I have always wondered why they make shade cloth black. It seems as if white or reflective would keep things even cooler.
One of the first things we did on S/V FUN, was to remove the non working propane galley, and add an induction cook top, and small air fryer convection oven. I built a gimbal to house them. We LOVE it! Does not heat up the galley, and cooks quick. We always know how much volts we have before and after we cook, while with propane that is not so easy. The induction cook top ready to go, costs less than most common fail parts in a propane system. We have propane for our grill. This is our back up, if you're worried you can't cook after a lightening strike. We have 800 ah, and 1000W. We are currently cruising in Maine.
Thanks for sharing! We're so glad you have the A/C running! We can't imagine not having A/C in the SE - we even needed it a few times in the Puget Sound. We're learning so much from you guys - so thank you!
Have you ever considered adding other forms of electrical generation such as wave generation or wind generation? The wind and the wet and the waves will continue even overnight to charge your batteries.
That's exactly what I was thinking
Wind is not that efficient. We have a 400w wind gen, only produces on average 2A. Most wind generators need over 8 knots of wind to start producing power, 15 or more for better power production. Some have water turbine generators, but you have to be moving. Don't think there is any portable wave power generators avail, I think its only works with large swell movements.
Cheap wind gens suck, but there are good one out there. Nice thing about wind is that no deck space lost, works at night, when its cloudy it tends to be windy. Solar and wind work very well together. When wind conditions are perfect, durplus of power you can run water makers etc off 12v dc.
Really good video, with the solar and shade examples. Next will dive tanks and a compressor. Stay safe we love y'all, GO JETTY GIRL 👍🏻💕🐾🍖
I have shade, antiglare covers made, allow air through, gives privacy except at night. The material is preferex. I am very happy with it.
Hi guys! The Lazy Bag can be equipped with flexible solar panels in a vertical position. This will increase the efficiency of energy production during sunsets and sunrises. Not to mention that the reflection of the water surface will even enhance the lighting effect! It only remains to find a way to install them reliably in order to receive solar energy at anchor or even during navigation, regardless of which side the Sun is on !!
I love this episode. I love watching you guys deal with solar and no shade sides are amazing. I live in a community where we have pontoon boats and we have a metal roof along the 24 feet of boat and we have curtains on both sides so we can drop the sun to the sun from deteriorating your eyes and the plastic because the sun the worst enemy rain never hurts the boat. It’s always the sun that looks so much more comfortable. Great job.
Really useful upgrades! I'm happy you're able to get all this stuff done. Everything serves to add functionality, but also to make your boat even more homey. 😊
WHAT A LIFE ❤
Looks pretty nice. It’s coming along nicely. You’ve made a bunch of progress, figuring things out.
I loved the baby wave surfing! 🏄♂️🏄♀️
Billy, being cool helps with romance. 😘
Thanks for sharing.
Looks like you guys are making it your boat, good for you. It's the little touches that make a boat a home. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
You know when Sierra wasn't on the boat Billy was standing over a vent 🌬️🏀🏀. 😄
Why's he gotta wait?
Ordered and recieved my two save the dog t-shirts. Good quality and suprising fast delivery.
I love shade also. Great job getting the canvas shade covers. Awesome video. 🙂😀😊
Love your channel. A great mix of lifestyle, cruising and boat upgrades/repairs.
Soooo, Sierra was right about A/C 😃. You can put ceramic tint on all your windows……they have heat rejection…….dont have to be dark tint……they can be clear. I have on my boat cabin windows 👍😎
That should be standard, to prevent UV damage as well as heat reflection.
I have the ceramic all around on my car. And I love it. It makes it so much easier to get in when it’s 112 outside. You’ll love it.
My absolute favorite sailing channel!
I’m with you running out air-conditioning ain’t no sense going to bed, sweetie❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉
Oh we will definitely be checking out those BougeRV panels, thanks for the rec!
Maybe you could rig the portable solar panels on to the new side shades??? Love the videos X
You need to be aware that the flexible solar panels can really mess up the roof they’re mounted on. They get really hot and that heat gets transferred onto the roof. Depending on the type of roof, they can cause some serious damage. We have flexible solar panels on our motorhome and other motorhome owners who decided to replace them with rigid panels, found that the flex panels had caused serious damage to their fiberglass roofs.
The sunscreen for the coach roof window is a great idea. I think will still the idea for our 1370 when we finally get it. Thank you for taking us on your journey. 😊
All kinds of great wind turbine systems to augment the solar. Low solar from rainy days and of course at night the wind powered turbine systems are a wonderful marriage of resources.😊🤠
We found black shades are great to heat up the area and provide shade and for cooler shade a white light weight sail cloth is better.
Tip on AC : go to bed without AC and when you wake up 4 hours later turn it on for the rest of the night. Saves a bunch of power.
You will be happy with the Yuma panels.
Air fryer: get one. They are rated at 1500 watt but how long will you be using them for? Maybe 30 minutes? So 750 watt.
Or alternatively, get a Sous Vide stick. A 750-1000 watt unit is plenty.
Billy, I had to pause, then rewind to make sure I heard you right. LoL "The Office". One of my favorite shows. The boat is looking good. Happy Sailing ⛵
We have these, and we love them. We do something similar where we put them away to go be a fast race/cruiser boat, and then when we beat everyone else to the next anchorage, we pull these out and load up the batteries again!
Solar panels that are hot are less efficient. Flex panels that are glued or VHB taped to the deck get really hot. Adding corrugated PVC panels under the panels allows air to cool them and will improve efficiency slightly - but you can't walk on them because it will crush the corrugation.
Also look into getting a 400amp alternator,They are great 😊
I have BoughRV standard solar panels (10-100w 9BB) and I love them, they are amazing and power at or better rated. I can only imagine what these will produce for you. Great choice. Happy trails, be safe.
I've seen fold/flip down/up solar frames on the outside of the boats connecting to the rails that might allow you to run your portable solar panels with less shading and the panels will not take up any deck/trampoline space😁
Don't get an Airfryer; You are both living a super healthy life. There is a lot of information available now regarding non stick (Tefal) I would get a portable single induction cooktop and a portable oven to use in the cockpit on hot days. Love the videos that U 2 share with us.
Love the shade.
Almost every time you cut camera takes, there’s a loud pop happening. This is an easy fix, simply fade in/out the audio at the beginning and end of each clip. It’s a hassle but much better production quality and not as painful for us listening on headphones. Truly live your channel, energy, and lifestyle. Wishing you many years of blessings and sailing. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us! 💙
Thank a lot, I never even noticed it until you said something and now I can't not hear it! 😅
I’m with her on this one lol. AC is a must and what ever it takes to make that happen. Love the videos, this one made me laugh.
billy air conditioning is a big power drain maybe that is a difference but so nice to have!!!!
This video is so timely for us!!! Thank you 😊
Considering a Seawind charter this winter. Love that I can check yours out this way. Great job guys!
What a huge improvement those shades will be, we have similar shades on X Factor and we love them so much we tend to just leave them up most of the time. They also add some privacy when your in a tight anchorage or marina. Michael Scott, hahaha
Love the new shade sail
To HORSENECK BEACH TOO,, ..
YA HOO, TULA'S ENDLESS SUMMER...LOVE YOU BOTH..OH Doggy Too.
Billy, 4 easy words. “You are right Sierra”. Way more useful than AC or an air fryer. And it is free to say and maintenance free.
There are also so many ways to say "Yes, Dear". Don't forget that when you are sailing, you lose a lot of solar because of the sails shading the solar collectors.
It’s regular for PV pannels to produce more than the nominal output, because pannels are graded under 1000 wh and 25 C of sunlight. Where it’s often more 1200 wh under the tropics, it can go up to +20%
Hey guys I have been hit by lightning lost 50% of my electrics. Please don't get an air fryer they are not safe the non stick surface gets to hot and Leach's toxic elements into your food. Keep up the good work on the videos 👍⛵
Greetings from Sweden !
Why did you choose black screens, black attracts heat, and white the opposit ?
A darker canvas blocks more uv light from passing through. A white canvas wont be as effective in blocking the sun.
Awesome video
Love the new upgrades.
love the new canvas.
SUGGESTION...billy, look into 3M marine film. Used it and never had an issue. Keeps heat out
Be careful, "Happy wife, Happy life." You have a wonderful gal, TAKE CARE OF HER!!!!
Love love love ure boat. I really love down galley. All cats should be down galley. Just awesome. Keep living the dream.🏖
"Allright, let's get this stuff installed"😂
She deserves anything she wants . No questions asked .
We just got the BougeRV panels too, try using Dielectric grease on all connectors to keep out corrosion and promote connectivity.
GOOD JOB
Maybe an Idea to put some of your new flexible panels on the new shade thingies you also installed. You could also attached them to a pool ( and the other end to the deck/trampoline and hoist up with a spare halliard as under an angle they probably produce more amps.
Informative episode Thankyou!
Cool stuff today
Solar panels on the trampolines will get a cooling breeze underneath, giving them a higher efficiency.
How about adding a wind turbine too? I know a lot of people with sail boats that use them, they help a lot since wind is pretty much always there even during the night! So they are really effective. They usually have them attached to an arm that sticks out on the back and can move to the sides when needed.
You would probably get better input and output on your original + the extra solar panels permanently installed on top of your hardtop if you put something under it that will allow you to get airflow under your solar panels. My father who is now passed was an expert back in the day when they were full-timing RV and didn't like the flexible because there needs to be airflow beneath the solar panels. Then the O'Kelly's did a video on a friend of theirs set up that had the electric motors to run his huge catamaran, and one of the things he was showing the O'Kelly's was the layer below that raised up the solar panels and allowed airflow. It was like the mattress protection you put under your mattresses to keep them from molding. It might have been the same stuff. You can ask Nick about it though and he can tell you.
Wow! Retired from Dunder Mifflin and started a canvas company in Grenada!! Lol
We use our boat differently being at our dock each evening and not anchoring - we don't like anchoring..... but yes to lithium batteries, our Solar is to keep the fridge running if the dock power fails (and it has).. Our galley is all electric so yes induction cook top, air fry microwave and small dishwasher... Yes to the heat pump and the flat screen TV.. We run the dishwasher while sailing and the solar handles the load, the external regulator on the alternator ensures that by the time we head back to the dock - the batteries are fully topped up.. So yes good on you for having sufficient solar to be comfortable... Have you considered a hydro generator?
Sence, you have a high output alternator, by adding or doubling your battery bank would go a long way in giving you the additional power back up
See you in October!!
Efficiency of those panels would probably improve if you put airflow underlay (like what keeps mattresses from molding) under them to help dissipate heat.
Cool very cool. Love the life you 2 live✌🏻😎
looks nice
Bouge is putting on the full-court press. Hopefull Rolf an Sasha are getting some referral bucks, since they also sold the Evens on a set of these suckers a few weeks ago. :)
Haha, almost didn't catch that last joke! I had to run way outfield, but I caught it. :D
Hey Billy, I heard you say you worry about a lightning strike. If that's the case, why don't you install a lightning rod on your mast so you can protect your boat and all your electronics? It's basically just like some people put on their house. They put them on almost all very tall buildings. You should ask around, and you can most likely find how they install them on sail boats. Peace of mind is a lot better than taking a chance that someday you get a strike that blows the bottom out of your boat. Just a safety suggestion. It's worth it.
Have y’all considered a pellet grill? They make small units for tailgating/RVs. Some are completely stainless so they should hold up. The pellets need to stay dry, I use 6 gallon baseball bucket with a lid.
If you can move the boom way over that can help… and get a couple of non flex high output panels of the 400 watt panels on a davit or arch…that you can tilt. Much better….also remount all the flex panels with a corrugated panel under them to provide an air path for heat
As you're running the wires into that compartment which happens to be really close to where you actually want them, couldn't you put some kind of quick connect fitting on the front of the compartment that you could plug the panels into so you wouldn't need to run the wires through the chain channel?
Yes but the challenge would be keeping it absolutely 100% waterproof
You could use a couple more fishing poles.
Ever thought about adding in some wind turbine for added power? It’s starting to gain traction in the states not sure how feasible it would be on a boat but given wind can help offset the useage at night provided there is alittle wind
For all that comfort live in an apartment I see Billy reluctant to add more complications to his life style. The more stuff you add the more you work and less cruising
Next is more battery bank! Check out the diy lithium, it's super cheap compared to assembled batteries. Also Sierra, why would you need makeup? You are beautiful! Why would you want to cover that up??
I’m with Sierra on the AC situation. Run the AC and to heck with sweating.
You’re original stick on solar panels will decrease output very quickly they are a popular choice because of their weight but output is ordinary at best,do a good test on the new panels and if they stand up then think about replacing the old ones because trust me they will fail
You should get Sierra a trailer you can have on pontoons behind you for all the gears she wants😂
Happy Wife... Happy Life!
I love my Ninja Foodie in the summer. Keeps the oven off.
You need to talk to this company and have customer panels made to permanently install more flex panels everywhere on the boat you even walk and you can just walk on top of them and it won’t hurt them. And that way you could have a cooktop and air fryer because you have double the solar.
I remember after you installed the first batch pointing out this exact issue with the inefficiency of flexible panels , you assured me that you didn't have this problem with Adrenaline and that time would tell , Well I guess time told ya .
Suggest you try suspending the flex solar panels from the boom. Should be plenty of room for adjustments.
So I’m watching this video and I almost wish you edited it with the side shades first, because, I lived in a travel trailer for five years with a yacht LE300 wind turbine as well solar panels, but like you they didn’t generate enough, so I added more to my awning… it dawned on me that awning companies might serve themselves well to incorporate the two systems together, but perhaps you can figure a way to bungee your new portable solar panels to your sun shades? Just a thought.
Howbig is your battery bank?
The new extra flex solar panels are a new level in performance and convenience. Thanks for sharing. Canvas looks like sun bake - reduction / relief.
Not to be the UA-cam University advisor, but if you are running diverse panel groups - meaning some in shade while others in Sun, you will be best of efficiency wise to group them onto different MPPT controllers. I cannot see your new layout but on your old layout I see ideally 3 MPPT controllers. One for the two stern panels and one each for the 4 port and starboard group of for panels.. Granted budget comes into play, but when real estate is a concern plus the lower efficiency of the flexible panels minimizing the loss due to shading of a single panel in a larger group will help over all efficiency. Sigend. RV solar installer.
Happy wife, happy life.
You should install lightening protection!
My personal general rule is 3 days off the house bank of batteries only with average use.