Had to Lower My Solar Float Voltage-Update

landyacht318 wrote:
There are so many affecting variables, the broad brush approach has to be implemented at some point.

I try and think of it as a surfboard with 5 removable fins, and one can significantly change how the board rides by different fin combinations. What might work good on one day and one particular wave, might just feel wrong when conditions change.

With So many different fin options, one forgets to just go surfing. Analysis paralysis is real. A broad brush might not further the science, but it does help one to remain sane.

If it costs a battery a few dozen cycles overall, it is worth it?

Some days I say absolutely, other days I can't care one whit.


Now, to go design my next surfboard, how many fin boxes will I incorporate and What Cant angle and Tow in angles will i use. How will they react with bottom contours keeping in mind my advancing years, and the overall outline, displacement and the ridiculous number of greedy self important surfers now sharing the lineups.

A million variables, all with the potential for analysis paralysis, and no objective way to keep score.

At least batteries have a Hydrometer, and an Ammeter for objective analysis.

Thanks for more than I ever wanted to know about surfing! :) I can see "shallow water effect" might affect a surf board but only when it is too late to do anything about it.

I do remember the movie, "Endless Summer", but can't remember anything about five fins and all that. Endless summer is what we are having here this year that is confusing my usual solar tactics.

Pretty soon the girls here will start talking like "Valley Girls" and it will be too late to go back to normal. :)