Tuesday 23 March 2010

Here Comes the Sun

Having sold our wind genny, we have put the money to good use and ordered a 136W peel and stick solar panel kit from Midsummer Energy. It includes all the wires, and fuses, and a regulator. We have chosen a MPPT Steca regulator, which has the capacity to connect another similar solar panel when we buy one in time for next winter.

These panels are great: low profile, robust, and flexible, they're perfect for narrowboat roofs.


nb Hornblower (from Midsummer Energy website)
Posted by Amy at 16:32

2 comments:

  1. Neil Corbett23 March 2010 at 20:13

    Be sure to update us how it performs, I might get one if yours is successful. It looks like a good choice, although you won't be able it to fully angle it to the sun. I thought their installation instructions were about the best I've seen.

    Neil
    NBHerbie

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  2. Anonymous23 May 2010 at 03:42

    Two months on and I'd also be most interested in an update for how the panel has been holding up!

    I'm trying to allow for the possibility of adding a pair of the Unisolar 3-metre panels (one down each side of the roof; ...requires one mushroom vent moving) in addition to the main "ladder" array.

    Thoughts/annoyances? Any leaks from the bottom-mounted cables? MPPT tracker holding up?

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