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Pascal:

Dang. Saw the pics - now I'm really sorry I missed the event! Naoned and Tatoo really look great. Gonna start working harder on my PS....

Best wishes,
Jimmy V

Sometime ago John put a drawing on the post for the wiring detail of Solar power on Pocketship. Is it possible to get it again ? Happy holidays to all.

I tried to send a private message but I thing I messed up....( I am better with wood then computer )

I use the patterns that came in the manual and scan them to different scale in order to make it a little bigger. Then I glued all with wood veneer. It was not very accurate but with enough glue and saw dust I thought it would be ok. I sanded enough to make it look like a boat. Congratulation on your beautiful boat.

Pascal wrote:Sometime ago John put a drawing on the post for the wiring detail of Solar power on Pocketship. Is it possible to get it again ? Happy holidays to all.

Seems there has been no reply to this. Here's my plan - you might have different requirements

I will add a 5W solar panel on the hood, then, via a two pin plug/socket through to the space aft of bulkhead 2. This will be wired (via a fuse, no switch) to the battery. The fuse is there to protect against a short in the wire, panel, or the plug. This should be sufficient for my electronics (GPS @ 70mA, hand-held radio on receive, about the same) and to keep the Gp 27 battery topped off (Gp 27 is also 50lb of ballast). All lights (cabin and navigation) are LED, and very low power. Even when parked, the panel will charge, ensuring it's always "ready to go". The power panel can be off, and the solar panel is still connected. Make sure the panel you get has an isolation diode to stop the panel draining the battery at night.

If your boat battery is small, or your panel is >15W, you may need a controller - no idea how to integrate that with everything else.

I have a powerpoint with the initial circuit plan, if that might help. However, it's a plan at this time - Kilderkin II will be wired in the next few weeks - too cold to finish off the glassing

Hope this helps......

SteveW
Kilderkin II

Hi Steve,

The power controller just fits inline between the panel and the battery. Positive and negitive leads to the panel, positve and negative to the battery. Some do require to hook up the panel and batery in the correct order though. For the size battery you're using you might want to look into a bigger panel. I'm using a 14w panel from Hamilton Marine on a U-1L sized battery and a cheap controller from Northern Hydraulics.

Chris

Thank you for the information . I hope to complete the electric project by spring time.

Hi Pascal,

Here's the link to the thread with the electrical diagram. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=95
If it doesn't work it's on page 4 of the archive. You have to scroll down quite a ways to get to the diagam.

Chris