I'm Tilting this morning. (1 Viewer)

[jumar]

Well my 200w Solar is.... positioned our van yesterday which would allow me to set the panel up for the first Rays of the morning...well they have arrived...and I'm harvesting....bringing my single Lithium back up to 100% .
Before we ride this morning, I shall lower the panel back down and continue to catch the rays as the sun climbs higher in the sky..
When we return from our ride our flexible panel will sit on our south facing windscreen and feed through its own MPPT to the same battery...then the charging of our two 750 eBike batteries will commence, we estimate 1 hour per segment will be achievable...well it was yesterday..and during this time we eat, drink and enjoy the rest of our Saturday, and tomorrow, God willing...we will do it all again...
Happy weekend everyone..

 

[Roger S]

That is very satisfying not just the solar but the eating and drinking too

 

[dryad]

from the thread title i thought i was going to read about riding a horse and jousting..

hadn't noticed the section as i usually go down through the 'whats new'

sorry to interrupt m'dear..

 

[dunnah01]

If only you could harvest these rays from rain then we'd be on full charge

 

[MisterB]

I was about to offer some tips on tiling a floor ....

Wasn't Don Quixote - the bloke who tilted at windmills, from your neck of the woods? Perhaps tilting is just a Spanish thing ?

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[jumartoo]

I was about to offer some tips on tiling a floor ....

Wasn't Don Quixote - the bloke who tilted at windmills, from your neck of the woods? Perhaps tilting is just a Spanish thing ?

We're in his neck of the woods right now

 

[jumar]

Both tilting and freestanding combining their efforts with good results...it's 0920hrs here in the Spanish countryside...

 

[Peavy]

Perhaps tilting is just a Spanish thing ?

After a few beers, sure we do

 

[DBK]

It is a Spanish thing...

 

[Nigel Crompton]

Saw a Carthago in the Algarve recently with three panels - on power tilts!
Two on the roof, one on each side hinged at the edge of the roof, so one would always have the correct inclination.
So far, so normal ... the third panel hung vertically on the rear panel, top hinged. Never seen that before.
It was a bus or truck chassis so even when at 45º you couldn't walk into it.

Two of my three efforts

uPVC window hinges. Silly orientation; the van after this I had them tilting in opposite directions. Accessed by opening rooflight and standing on the bed.

Using brackets made by an enterprising narrow-boater; tilts both ways.

Definitely worth doing if you can easily tilt the panels. Would need to carry a ladder in the current van, so stuck on flexibles now.

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[jumar]

Thanks Nigel some interesting ideas...I use a ladder...being an exFirefighter I'm comfortable with this...it's all down to position of van and knowing a little, not much, about orientation...The sun 'E'nters in the East and 'W'ithdraws from the West...there are Spanish equivalent but I don't want to bore you or other readers with this...other than those folk who winter in Benidorm who knows all about this..
The window stay is something I've never considered.... supporting my panel at 30°to 45° all I need now is something that secures the panel in its flattened position without the need to a ladder...and can be released from the ground with my awning winder.... I'm working on it....Cheers.

 

[MisterB]

Thanks Nigel some interesting ideas...I use a ladder...being an exFirefighter I'm comfortable with this...it's all down to position of van and knowing a little, not much, about orientation...The sun 'E'nters in the East and 'W'ithdraws from the West...there are Spanish equivalent but I don't want to bore you or other readers with this...other than those folk who winter in Benidorm who knows all about this..
The window stay is something I've never considered.... supporting my panel at 30°to 45° all I need now is something that secures the panel in its flattened position without the need to a ladder...and can be released from the ground with my awning winder.... I'm working on it....Cheers.

You really need to get a panel fixed to an old sat dish mechanism! I read about someone trying it years ago but can't remember what the outcome was....

 

[jumar]

You really need to get a panel fixed to an old sat dish mechanism! I read about someone trying it years ago but can't remember what the outcome was....

You are a mind reader.....you must be....I was going to post a few days ago about this....we have a redundant Oyster system..all our media is streamed nowadays....dish never gets used....I'm going to research this...I can see all possibilities, only concern is standing proud whilst travelling ...

 

[Nigel Crompton]

You are a mind reader.....you must be....I was going to post a few days ago about this....we have a redundant Oyster system..all our media is streamed nowadays....dish never gets used....I'm going to research this...I can see all possibilities, only concern is standing proud whilst travelling ...

From limited previous experience (someone else's boat) you'll need to use a flexible panel. The gearboxes on those things are not up to waving a glass-topped panel around ... control is another issue, you don't want it pointing at Astra 28.2º ....

 

[jumar]

From limited previous experience (someone else's boat) you'll need to use a flexible panel. The gearboxes on those things are not up to waving a glass-topped panel around ... control is another issue, you don't want it pointing at Astra 28.2º ....

Very true Nigel.... therefore I can tilt and raise my current fixed panel and.....
Reposition the van...that's what a French guy did at Casas Nuevas a few months back..simple, what..

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[Gromett]

I thought it was Pin Ball when I first saw it. Then rethought it as tiling a shower type thing before opening it.