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fred@tug44.org

Sun, Dec 1, 2013 8:52 PM

A man stole a large passenger ferry boat, the Victoria Clipper, near
Seattle and took it for a joy ride the other day.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Coast-Guard-and-Seattle-police-investigate-a
drift-Victoria-Clipper-233991771.html

Wanna go boating?

Fred
Tug 44

A man stole a large passenger ferry boat, the Victoria Clipper, near Seattle and took it for a joy ride the other day. http://www.king5.com/news/local/Coast-Guard-and-Seattle-police-investigate-a drift-Victoria-Clipper-233991771.html Wanna go boating? Fred Tug 44

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Al Thomason

Tue, Dec 3, 2013 9:23 PM

Almost two years ago we installed a coupled of 245W solar panels with a
Morning Star MPPT controller. One of the features of the controller is a
data logger and I have pulled data every month to document the systems
output. In short, here in the PNW we get around 135Ah/day from May 1st
through the end of September, and often get over 150Ah/day during the peak
cursing months. I have more details here:

http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-year-and-bit-on-solar-panels-last
.html

I will likely stop making too many specific posts about our solar panels as
I am not sure there is much more to say. But I do know going into this a
couple of years ago it was hard to find actual / specific data, so I wanted
to well document our experience. I hope anyone looking into Solar can find
some useful information in what we documented. I had also worked to
model/predict their output and am happy to say our actual production has
been very close to the prediction. If anyone is interested in modeling
their output (Size of panels, if you tilt them, and location in the world
all come into play), I have a little more here:

http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/10/solar-panels-on-boat-modeling-and.h
tml

And if anyone wants to see specifically what we installed:
http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-have-solar.html

( All our 'solar' posts can be found via this link:
http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar )

After almost two years of Solar we are very happy with them. They are will
on the way to crossing the ROI point sometime next year while at the same
time we have been able to enjoy several additional quite generator-less
hours!

-al-

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

Almost two years ago we installed a coupled of 245W solar panels with a Morning Star MPPT controller. One of the features of the controller is a data logger and I have pulled data every month to document the systems output. In short, here in the PNW we get around 135Ah/day from May 1st through the end of September, and often get over 150Ah/day during the peak cursing months. I have more details here: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-year-and-bit-on-solar-panels-last .html I will likely stop making too many specific posts about our solar panels as I am not sure there is much more to say. But I do know going into this a couple of years ago it was hard to find actual / specific data, so I wanted to well document our experience. I hope anyone looking into Solar can find some useful information in what we documented. I had also worked to model/predict their output and am happy to say our actual production has been very close to the prediction. If anyone is interested in modeling their output (Size of panels, if you tilt them, and location in the world all come into play), I have a little more here: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/10/solar-panels-on-boat-modeling-and.h tml And if anyone wants to see specifically what we installed: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-have-solar.html ( All our 'solar' posts can be found via this link: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar ) After almost two years of Solar we are very happy with them. They are will on the way to crossing the ROI point sometime next year while at the same time we have been able to enjoy several additional quite generator-less hours! -al- Viking Star 45' Monk Sr. / McQueen mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

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Al Thomason

Tue, Dec 3, 2013 9:29 PM

Arg, still have not figured how to prevent clipping....

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

-----Original Message-----

Almost two years ago we installed a coupled of 245W solar panels with a
Morning Star MPPT controller. One of the features of the controller is a
data logger and I have pulled data every month to document the systems
output. In short, here in the PNW we get around 135Ah/day from May 1st
through the end of September, and often get over 150Ah/day during the peak
cursing months. I have more details here:

http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-year-and-bit-on-solar-panels-last
.html or http://tinyurl.com/o6lken8

I will likely stop making too many specific posts about our solar panels as
I am not sure there is much more to say. But I do know going into this a
couple of years ago it was hard to find actual / specific data, so I wanted
to well document our experience. I hope anyone looking into Solar can find
some useful information in what we documented. I had also worked to
model/predict their output and am happy to say our actual production has
been very close to the prediction. If anyone is interested in modeling
their output (Size of panels, if you tilt them, and location in the world
all come into play), I have a little more here:

http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/10/solar-panels-on-boat-modeling-and.h
tml or http://tinyurl.com/lyxlco5

And if anyone wants to see specifically what we installed:
http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-have-solar.html

( All our 'solar' posts can be found via this link:
http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar )

After almost two years of Solar we are very happy with them. They are will
on the way to crossing the ROI point sometime next year while at the same
time we have been able to enjoy several additional quite generator-less
hours!

-al-

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

Arg, still have not figured how to prevent clipping.... Viking Star 45' Monk Sr. / McQueen mvVikingStar.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- Almost two years ago we installed a coupled of 245W solar panels with a Morning Star MPPT controller. One of the features of the controller is a data logger and I have pulled data every month to document the systems output. In short, here in the PNW we get around 135Ah/day from May 1st through the end of September, and often get over 150Ah/day during the peak cursing months. I have more details here: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-year-and-bit-on-solar-panels-last .html or http://tinyurl.com/o6lken8 I will likely stop making too many specific posts about our solar panels as I am not sure there is much more to say. But I do know going into this a couple of years ago it was hard to find actual / specific data, so I wanted to well document our experience. I hope anyone looking into Solar can find some useful information in what we documented. I had also worked to model/predict their output and am happy to say our actual production has been very close to the prediction. If anyone is interested in modeling their output (Size of panels, if you tilt them, and location in the world all come into play), I have a little more here: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/10/solar-panels-on-boat-modeling-and.h tml or http://tinyurl.com/lyxlco5 And if anyone wants to see specifically what we installed: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-have-solar.html ( All our 'solar' posts can be found via this link: http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar ) After almost two years of Solar we are very happy with them. They are will on the way to crossing the ROI point sometime next year while at the same time we have been able to enjoy several additional quite generator-less hours! -al- Viking Star 45' Monk Sr. / McQueen mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

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D C _Mac_ Macdonald

Tue, Dec 3, 2013 10:47 PM

The wrapping of texts is a common unwanted feature of several email servers. Apparently Google's gmail is one of them.

In the future, try enclosing the URLs in regular parentheses. This works for some, but not for others.

Also, if you hit a RETURN at the end of each URL, it seems to underline the URLs and make them "clickable."

** D C "Mac" Macdonald **

Grand Lake & OKC - OK *
** AGLCA (#217) & USPS **
- (no current boat) * *
  ** USAF & FAA, Retired **
  ** Amateur Radio K2GKK **
- Since 30 Nov 1953 * *
k2gkk hotmail dot com *

From: thomason.al@gmail.com
To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:29:38 -0800
Subject: Re: GL: Summary - our experience with Solar Panels (With TinyURLs)

Arg, still have not figured how to prevent clipping....

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

-----Original Message-----

Almost two years ago we installed a coupled of 245W solar panels with a
Morning Star MPPT controller. One of the features of the controller is a
data logger and I have pulled data every month to document the systems
output. In short, here in the PNW we get around 135Ah/day from May 1st
through the end of September, and often get over 150Ah/day during the peak
cursing months. I have more details here:

http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-year-and-bit-on-solar-panels-last.html

or http://tinyurl.com/o6lken8

I will likely stop making too many specific posts about our solar panels as
I am not sure there is much more to say. But I do know going into this a
couple of years ago it was hard to find actual / specific data, so I wanted
to well document our experience. I hope anyone looking into Solar can find
some useful information in what we documented. I had also worked to
model/predict their output and am happy to say our actual production has
been very close to the prediction. If anyone is interested in modeling
their output (Size of panels, if you tilt them, and location in the world
all come into play), I have a little more here:

http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/10/solar-panels-on-boat-modeling-and.html

or http://tinyurl.com/lyxlco5

And if anyone wants to see specifically what we installed:
http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-have-solar.html

All our 'solar' posts can be found via this link:
http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar

After almost two years of Solar we are very happy with them. They are will
on the way to crossing the ROI point sometime next year while at the same
time we have been able to enjoy several additional quite generator-less
hours!

-al-

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

The wrapping of texts is a common unwanted feature of several email servers. Apparently Google's gmail is one of them. In the future, try enclosing the URLs in regular parentheses. This works for some, but not for others. Also, if you hit a RETURN at the end of each URL, it seems to underline the URLs and make them "clickable." * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** D C "Mac" Macdonald ** * Grand Lake & OKC - OK * ** AGLCA (#217) & USPS ** * * (no current boat) * * ** USAF & FAA, Retired ** ** Amateur Radio K2GKK ** * * Since 30 Nov 1953 * * * k2gkk hotmail dot com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > From: thomason.al@gmail.com > To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 13:29:38 -0800 > Subject: Re: GL: Summary - our experience with Solar Panels (With TinyURLs) > > Arg, still have not figured how to prevent clipping.... > > > > Viking Star > 45' Monk Sr. / McQueen > mvVikingStar.blogspot.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Almost two years ago we installed a coupled of 245W solar panels with a > Morning Star MPPT controller. One of the features of the controller is a > data logger and I have pulled data every month to document the systems > output. In short, here in the PNW we get around 135Ah/day from May 1st > through the end of September, and often get over 150Ah/day during the peak > cursing months. I have more details here: > > http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-year-and-bit-on-solar-panels-last.html or http://tinyurl.com/o6lken8 > > > > I will likely stop making too many specific posts about our solar panels as > I am not sure there is much more to say. But I do know going into this a > couple of years ago it was hard to find actual / specific data, so I wanted > to well document our experience. I hope anyone looking into Solar can find > some useful information in what we documented. I had also worked to > model/predict their output and am happy to say our actual production has > been very close to the prediction. If anyone is interested in modeling > their output (Size of panels, if you tilt them, and location in the world > all come into play), I have a little more here: > > http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/10/solar-panels-on-boat-modeling-and.html or http://tinyurl.com/lyxlco5 > > And if anyone wants to see specifically what we installed: > http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/2012/05/we-have-solar.html > > > > > All our 'solar' posts can be found via this link: > http://mvvikingstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Solar > > > After almost two years of Solar we are very happy with them. They are will > on the way to crossing the ROI point sometime next year while at the same > time we have been able to enjoy several additional quite generator-less > hours! > > > -al- > > > Viking Star > 45' Monk Sr. / McQueen > mvVikingStar.blogspot.com