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Date:         Wed, 17 May 1995 10:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@superc.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: electrical/convenience stuff (solar)

Sami Dakhlia writes: > > Well, David Schwarze started it and I'm following into his footsteps. We > both have a set of 4 solar panels, each 1 by 4 ft. in size. The set is > rated at 87 Watt. David has his already installed, while I'm struggling to > find time on a rainless day.

I just want to point out that though the panels are rated at 87 watts, I am getting 120 watts out of mine. Of course, I only had room for half of them on the roof of my bus. :(

> Another problem is that those 4 panels weight about 20 pounds and they > will make the pop-top so much more difficult to lift. Maybe some gas > struts would help. I'm also very nervous about drilling holes into the > pop-top. Maybe a couple of beers would help. :-)

Worked for me... but every once in a while when I'm sober I start to worry about the strain those panels put on the roof. Oh well, I can always get another bubble top if this one flies off.

-David

============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego Calif. '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================


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