Solar Contraptions-Twirlers and Floppies
Here are my latest version contraptions for 2014. Eat your hearts out! Some may remember my previous attempts at both styles. This year I have repeated the 2012 floppy for the 130w panel except n...
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I can "store" the 130 in its tray on the trailer roof and the bits and pieces to make the tray a floppy can go anywhere handy. In fact the 130 has gone back up there, using the roof solar connections, for the next few months while we have too much solar for June-mid-August. It gets the "flat" results (given in that link above) while there.
The 230 and twirler (which is three pieces bolted together-easy assembly) has to go inside the trailer. Panel goes up on the bed or behind the sofa (we have the movable sofa and table and chairs version in the slide-out instead of the fixed furniture version)
We have not travelled anywhere with the solar so it is not an issue for us. It all goes up-Island in the trailer to our site mid-April and back home end-September. If we go anywhere during that time, just the 130 on the roof goes. It stays there strapped down as shown no problems.
From Oct to mid-Apr all solar stays home in the garage. It is no use for camping here in winter under the trees in provincial parks.
The 230 and twirler (which is three pieces bolted together-easy assembly) has to go inside the trailer. Panel goes up on the bed or behind the sofa (we have the movable sofa and table and chairs version in the slide-out instead of the fixed furniture version)
We have not travelled anywhere with the solar so it is not an issue for us. It all goes up-Island in the trailer to our site mid-April and back home end-September. If we go anywhere during that time, just the 130 on the roof goes. It stays there strapped down as shown no problems.
From Oct to mid-Apr all solar stays home in the garage. It is no use for camping here in winter under the trees in provincial parks.
