Bimini Top Solar Panels

These kits are a great solution to installing solar panels above your soft bimini top.

Bimini top solar panels.

The kits include all the mechanical and electrical components solar panels charge controllers and other related parts with the exception of the crossbeam bar which would be custom for your boat necessary for the installation. The saddle fittings bolt onto the top of the frame through the canvas of your bimini top or dodger. So it was decided to put some solar panels onboard bloom in order to keep our batteries topped up or at least close to it. After much consideration it was decided that installing the panels on top of our bimini top would make the most.

1440wp of solar energy this is what the new bimini can serve on solar power to feed all electrical devices on board run the 110v 220v inverter and load the batteries at the same time. Our solar charging kits are easy to install and deliver excellent 12 volt charging power to the boat s battery bank. No you can join them together. Easy to install kits we have made it easy to go solar by matching up the optimum combinations of solar panels controllers and hardware.

Brian s main goals for his solar panels were to have the panels be secure enough on the bimini that they wouldn t flap in the wind while at the same time being easily removable so the. The bimini holds 4 panels of any brand that have the following dimensions. All you have to do is stitch or glue the velcro to the back of the solar panels you are using and use the other velcro part of the bimini top. These panels are ideal for mounting on a bimini top or a curved deck surface.

They will not come off that easily and will remain attached for a longer time. We have designed two solar kits that will fit most bimini tops with 84 or 120 watts of solar power. The solar panels installed in the video are for a soft bimini top onboard our powerboat makeover project which belongs to brian a manager at sailrite. All panels come with industry standard waterproof mc4 connectors.

The first decision was where the panels would go. Although not recommended they can be stepped on. We designed our saddle type post and fork mounts with solar panels in mind. They give you easy secure mounts for a solar panel frame that won t draw attention to itself.