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bshillam
Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 782 City/Region: Bellingham
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1981
Vessel Name: Heaven To Me
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 3:16 pm Post subject: Solar install, mounts? |
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Looking to add two if not three solar panels. I'd prefer to mount them to the hand rails, what brackets did you use to do so? |
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Marco Flamingo
Joined: 09 Jul 2015 Posts: 1154 City/Region: Seattle
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Limpet
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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I was just looking at rail mount clamps on Amazon and found hundreds of varieties, some for motorcycle handlebars and other uses which would work just fine on a boat. Seadog makes a nice one for boats that could allow the panel to be adjustable on one axis.
All would come with the caveat that using them on a handrail might be bad. The hand rail serves a purpose. The moment may come when you will wish you had an unobstructed hand rail rather than a solar panel.
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Desert Dory
Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 180 City/Region: Tucson
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C-Dory Year: 1989
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:53 am Post subject: |
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I used some Seadog clamps to mount my 160 watt panel to the roof rack. I initially had used some "handlebar" clamps which I didn't like once I got to thinking about the panel being up there when I'm towing.
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