Solar Power

If you are looking for land-based solar please visit the website of our sister company Instant Solar

There are two uses for on-board solar and whilst the technology is the same the scale is very different. Please see our Budgeting Guide For an idea of the cost of these items

Solar - Battery Top-up

Solar Battery Top-up involves a panel, or small area of panels, quite often semi-rigid and/or 'walkover'. This normally produces power at a low voltage which is used to 'trickle charge' the battery. This is particularly useful where a boat is left unattended for several weeks. We offer a range of these panels.

Solar - Motive power

Obviously a 'motive power' system is only applicable where the boat is powered by an electric motor. Panels are typically rigid and about 1500 mm x 900 mm in size. Such a panel would produce just over 200 Wp and will only be of realistic use if used as part of an array of such panels. We would normally look to provide a minimum of 2 kWp, so would be looking at 10 panels.