Lady K East Coast Crew Finder: https://www.facebook.com/groups/297534076474837/ Practical Sailor Channel: @practical-sailor Cât costă solarul pentru barca ta cu pânze? Săptămâna aceasta studiem cum să puneți panouri solare pe barca cu pânze. Ce panouri solare să folosești, câți wați de energie solară va avea nevoie barca ta și, cel mai important, ce alte bărci cu pânze folosesc în panouri solare și controlere de încărcare, precum și în tehnologia bateriilor pentru bărci, inclusiv baterii pentru cărucioare de golf, AGM și baterii cu litiu. Facem ușor solar pe o barcă cu pânze! Alăturați-vă nouă abonându-vă! Ai nevoie de un consult? Faceți clic aici pentru a trimite un mesaj: https://ladyksailing.com/consults/ Vrei să ajuți să sprijiniți Lady K Sailing? Faceți clic aici pentru a deveni Patron: http://www.patreon.com/ladyksailing Sau aici pentru a face o donație unică: http://www.ladyksailing.com/team-k Urmărește-l pe Lady K pe Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/ladyksailing sau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladyksailing/
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Cât costă solarul? Panouri solare pentru barci cu pânze, pentru manechini! Ep 269 – Lady K Sailing
Hi Tim, so many things I could say about your channel almost all of it positive. I have one regret and that is I didn't find you sooner. That is due to buying my second sailboat based on lust and not brains. I saw the boat, loved the boat and bought the boat. Now I have put almost the equal amount of money into to her as I spent buying her and, of course I am not done.
Needless to say I still love her and she is getting better all the time but boy the money!!! Lucky for me my wife loves her too and supports this effort. I guess my point is, you bring value and knowledge to this market, please don't worry about the haters out there, they exist, there everywhere and social media give them a voice that they would otherwise have not had.
FYI, also a long time subscriber to PS as well, looking forward to your contributions!
Tim. Love your work. Before you buy Battleborn please check out Signsture Solar range of DiY off grid solar. 12v 100 AH at $240 special. 12v 400AH Server rack battery at $1500
Wouldn't that 340 watt be enough if your freezer is one of those cooler freezers. I haven't looked up the power usage, but heard they sip power.
Your channel is the best. Don't change a thing.
can you find a free 30 foot boat for me? I'm in europe btw…
Thanks for a another great video! I just completed an 800 W solar install on my Beneteau 411 and the cost of stainless steel mounting hardware, marine grade copper cables, disconnect switches, crimping tools, voltage monitor, fuses, etc. was substantial. People planning such a project should budget for up to 50% extra cost over the cost of the solar panels, batteries and Victron depending on how much they need to build from scratch.
Step 1) Like the video
Step 2) Watch the video
Step 3) Make sure video is liked
Loved your reply to the Haters. Keep it up!!!
I would leave if you had bikinis on your channel!
Your response to those outside comments show your integrity. Good job, I will continue to watch and enjoy your posts.
Well done Tim. Thanks again for not wasting my time. My wwp15 will need to 50w to keep my iPhone charged with 40w to spare. When I get my cape dory 25 will see how many panels I can hang.
Keep doing what your doing, it's great
Thank you for your videos! I watch you because I want more knowledge of the sailing world as a whole. Too many of these so called "sailing" channels have morphed into "Travel Channels" or "Food Channels"…neither of which will keep me alive in an emergency at sea! Again, thank you and keep up the good work!!!!!!!
There is not a single channel on YouTube that walks people through on how to sail. I can see what you mean about people hoarder sailing. If I want to learn to sail, I’m just going to have to pay to go out with someone for months.
As EVERYONE else is saying, there are a lot of children out there who just don't have their own lives, so take their frustrations out on those who do. Yours is one of my very favorite channels, mainly because you don't rely on bikinis to sell what you offer. I'm always excited to see a new video from Lady K. And this particular video is on a topic I've recently been giving a lot of thought. Thanks for the work you do here.
Haters will be haters its what they are supposed to do personally I find your videos very educational and informative please keep the content coming
Hey I like this channel way more than most other sailing channels. Just got my first sailboat, a Macgregor 25, a few months ago, and currently fixing it up. You’ve been super helpful, and I really appreciate your videos. I went back and watched some of your old videos, but your new stuff is great.
Practical Sailor wouldn’t have asked you to be editor in chief if you didn’t know sailing!
That criticism is crazy.
Don’t listen to Any of the Trolls!
You have helped 100’s,
Myself included,to enjoy sailing!
Great job Tim!
I have subscribed to over 60 sailing channels on YouTube and Lady K Sailing is in my top 5 and probably the one I learn the most from. Sure there are no bikini girls and all the bells and whistles of some other channels but who cares as long as the content is informative yet entertaining?
Thanks for the confidedence and inspiration you give us !
Tim, haters are nothing more that a fraction of a blink in the eyes of your admirers. Keep up the wonderful work!
You've got a great channel, keep up the great work!
that's the simplest solar video I ever seen. Would be nice to revisit trailer sailors topic with regards to solar panels. We are building and sailing a small trailerable cruiser. 250ish Wt solar panel, 100AH LifePo4 plus Victron MPPT and we never need to plug in. That includes autopilot, fridge/freezer and the all regular stuff (lights, VHF, instruments, music, etc). I guess trailerable cruisers may be a niche category, as life on a trailerable-sized boat becomes too simple for many.
You're getting better and better, my friend
Tim, Please don't argue with Stupid people, they will beat you with Experience!!!
may be you could provide some shopping links
Love your vids Tim, let the haters hate, that what they do. Keep up the good work so interesting re solar.
Really am learning A lot from you Tim!
Keep up the great work!!!🚢
I have been watching your channel for quite a while not even sure I want to go sailing thinking I may be too old to start but I cannot stop watching your channel I think it's very educational entertaining and who knows I may decide to buy a boat and go thank you for all you do and best of luck to you with your new endeavor
Dear Tim, thank you for all the work you put in this channel. I watch and enjoy every episode. Bought my first 22ft Trailersailer in october 2023 – came back from our first sailing adventure yesterday. We went to hamburg in germany to test out the boat in the river elbe going into the north sea. A wonderful trip. So thanks for your trailer sailer Inspiration as well. Keep on doing what you do – its fun to watch and listen (!) i often just listen to your videos while working in the house. It would be amazing to have a „Lady K Podcast“ to listen to! Best wishes from Cologne in Germany! Keep the heavy side down 😉
Josh
Greate video!!!
No AGM. Lithium allows use of 100% of rated capacity and is now affordable. AGM batteries will fail if they are discharged below 50%😢
Amp hours is a terrible unit to use. It does not tell people how much energy is stored in a battery. This is because people also need to know the voltage (a boat could be 12v, 24v, 48v etc, so energy stored could be out by four times). Watt hours is the correct unit to use, because it includes Volts and Amps. Using/talking Watt hour is easier because most people know the Wattage of lots of appliances.
When Lattitudes called you a potato head I shut him off. There’s no place for juvenile name calling. Nice response with a “thanks for watching”. High road wins.
Keep it up. I’m making my way to the water and appreciate all the cheerleading and coaching!
Appreciate keeping it classy🤙 and deffinitely appreciate what you do! The same hater probably would say Great Lakes sailing ain't serious or real sailing also😂. How about throwing them for a real loop and do an episode how it's not all about the water line but there is often a soulful connection sailors have when the right boat comes along, even if it's a Catalina. To be fair I actually love Catalinas and even some older 80s boats. Been seriously considering a J40 as a family cruiser even at its age but LOOVE the way they sail and all sheets are at the helms reach!
Tim, you don’t need advice from me. But, in my opinion, you are doing and saying the right things. Saying them much better than me, mate.
There are detractors everywhere and the internet seems to attract more of them. Don’t listen to them.
As for this video: cool bananas. Timely as we are in the midst of upgrading our single 20 year old panel to 4 x 440w bifacials and four 100/30 victron mmpts. Plus rainwater collection from them all. So your video was timely.
We aren’t quite going to get 500ah of battery storage, but 400 should be adequate for our 35ft mono.
A word on bikinis. I have nothing against them but if I wanted to stare at young babes I’d be watching other videos and be less well informed. I think Practical Sailor did the right strategic thing seeking you out.
My wife and I spend a lot of our free time (and sometimes our money) reading these articles and buying related ebooks as required. You’re an excellent fit for PS.
Sad to hear the rant was necessary; love your work . . . long-time viewer.
That said . . . you have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons . . .
Having recently studied Italian out of necessity, I would suggest . . .
Lead-acid BAD except for engine batts.
Lithium weighs far less. Requires less space. Charges far quicker and is more forgivingly of charging fluctuations. And discharges down to 15-20% without degradation of the batteries. (As opposed to 50% AGM).
Just don't forget to 'fuse' it. And buy reputable.
I put 1020 ah of Lithium on a 40 ft boat 2 yrs ago and that was barely enough in the tropics powering conservative use of ship's systems, sml LED LCD TV, sml fridge and the occasional use of a microwave; for 2 people.
900w of 72v solar charged that amply. Victron MPPT 150-85 controller is a good coupling for the system. And don't use an inverter less 2000W. Better to convert to 12v.
Stay sane. Keep up the good work.
for Dummies…! Advanceeeed!
This is a good tutorial for solar/batteries. I went thought this exercise about 12 months ago to put battery and solar on my 4×4. One thing you forgot to mention is that lithium batteries last about 2.5 times longer than AGM batteries. So even though the AGM is cheaper you have to replace it more often.
I had this dilemma with my 4×4 and in then ended up going with an AGM to reduce my upfront costs. But I made sure I got a dc dc charger which supports both AGM and lithium so that when I need to replace the battery I will get a lithium which I hope will be a bit cheaper a couple of years down the road.
Not sure why you have to justify yourself nor why people have to hate on others who are just trying to help, and do it unpaid, but there you go. Some people are jealous but too lazy or incapable to do themselves what you're doing. Love your channel, love your videos, super helpful, don't stop. You only have to read the comments to see there is more support than juvenile sniping.
If it helps, the "rich old man" phenomenon is more generally the "old man" phenomenon, and it can be found in any otherwise worthwhile, complex, potentially expensive activity you care to mention. In my case: shooting, hunting, cycling, building, sailing, and THINKING…. to paraphrase buzz lightyear: "old men… old men everywhere…"
One of my favorite sailing “discussion” channels! Thanks for the great information.
Keep doing what your doing Bud