Ask the Experts: Selecting Solar Panels – Part III: Solar Installation

Ask the Experts: Rob MacLeod

In Part III of Selecting Solar Panels, solar expert, Ken Wilson of Sunsible Solar / Energy Giant in Oshawa, ON provides guidance to charge controllers, wiring, connectors, fuses and circuit breakers.

Click here to watch Solar Panels Part III

Ask the Experts: CY is working with long time sailing instructor, author and founder of www.InformedBoater.com, Rob MacLeod. Rob is constantly amazed at what he doesn’t know about boating and sailing. Fortunately, coming up to his 40th anniversary in the boating industry, Rob has a long list of ‘experts’ that he can call on to get the information he needs.

This is your opportunity to help Rob help you and other boaters seek out that more difficult to find information. What questions do you have that Rob can ask the experts and put into a 3-minute video?
Solar Panel Installation

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* Ask the Experts: Keeping Diesel Fuel Clean Part I – Biocide

* Ask the Experts: Keeping Diesel Fuel Clean Part II – Filters

* Ask the Experts: Keeping Diesel Fuel Clean Part III – Water Separation Filters

* Ask the Experts: Solar Panels – Part I – Power Considerations

* Ask the Experts: Solar Panels – Part II – Solar Technology

* Ask the Experts: Battery Performance and Longevity

* Ask the Experts: Ablative Bottom Paint

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