Sizing Marine Solar Panels

Long term cruisers appriciate an abundance of power while the occasional cruisers may be satisfied with less.

Sizing marine solar panels.

In sizing a solar pv system the first two factors we work from are the sunlight levels or insolation values from your area and the daily power consumption of your electrical loads. Every ah amp hour consumed has a real cost in weight panels and dollars. One hour of maximum or 100 sunshine. That s about the size of the battery it can maintain.

Sizing the panels for your battery. Insolation or sunlight intensity is measured in equivalent full sun hours. Wire made for solar panel use has a uv protective covering and the round wire will fit the crimped on mc4 connectors. But it is also massive shipping weight is 10 35 pounds.

A simple solar wiring sizing chart can help select the proper size. If you can reduce consumption by 50 ah day you will save a battery the useable capacity a 120 watt panel and perhaps a mounting arch. Take the output of the solar panel in milliamps and divide it by two. Call us any time we re happy to help you work through designing your boat s solar system.

The size is 26 3 20 1 1 2 this solar panel is very suitable for bigger boats and can power more critical and significant items on board.