Date:         Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:01:19 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Share your solar success story?
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@gmail.com>
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>  and to reduce weight and bulk as much as
> possible. Solar seems as though it will fill my modest needs (20Ah/day).
> Sure, I'd have to "remote" the panel(s) on a wire to get them into the
> sun (park in the shade, myself), but that's the kind of constant
> puttering around the campsite that I do that Mrs Squirrel finds so
> amusing anyway.

I've always liked the look of the folding portable panels
<http://www.solardyne.com/sol25watfolp.html> myself. 25 watts is about
2 amps, and you could probably get 10 hours of full sun during the
summer. Even if you can't break even, you can stretch a good battery
out for quite a while like that. If you can find a place to stow a
3'x1.5' 6.6 pound rigid panel, this 32 watt one that also works in
partial sun would probably be even better
<http://www.solardyne.com/un32watsolpa.html>. You'd have to rig up
some sort of frame to prop it up at the right angle, but to me that
sounds like FUN rather than WORK!