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Name:	Hawks Nest -	Reply
Subject:	Solar
Date:	4/28/2008 10:08:35 PM

1.8 watt solar flat to keep charge on battery........are they worth the $30 cost????? Anyone had any experience with these gadgets?

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	YEP....i
Date:	4/28/2008 10:59:01 PM

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	oopS......
Date:	4/28/2008 11:02:13 PM

I put one on my Pontoon boat that I have in my pond. (Don't live on the lake). I did not charge the batteries for two years. Just replaced them this year. The outboard motor always cranked, and the trolling motor always worked. 365 days a year. I could troll around the pond, tie the boat to the dock with half dead battery and next time it would be good to go. I don't know if I got lucky or what. Mine worked fine.

Name:	Hawks Nest -	Reply
Subject:	oopS......
Date:	4/29/2008 8:20:34 AM

Do you use a 1.8 watt or a higher watt? There are several in the catalog but it says the 1.8 is "ideal" for boat motors.

Name:	mbk -	Reply
Subject:	Solar
Date:	4/29/2008 8:43:52 AM

Mine works very well. It even "extends the life" of my trolling motor battery by about 10-15% by placing the solar panel on the deck of the boat while fishing.

Name:	mbk -	Reply
Subject:	Solar
Date:	4/29/2008 8:45:19 AM

OK, some of you sharp guys - that is during daylight hours; it doesn't help much while night fishing.

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	Solar
Date:	4/29/2008 3:37:36 PM

When fishing at night, you have to turn it upside down. Then it works at night. : )

Name:	mbk -	Reply
Subject:	Solar
Date:	4/29/2008 3:50:20 PM

Thanks Cat. And to think I have been destroying our environment all this time by using "artificially generated power" from CAEC and Ala Pwr. I am working on a deep enough hole to use geothermal energy but my neighbor keeps filling the hole up with adult beverage bottles. Lake life is GREAT!! lol

Name:	CAT BOAT -	Reply
Subject:	Solar
Date:	4/30/2008 8:53:17 AM

lol. Funny.

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