From 28704c20b8a4f0a8b94069cba986baec3f20e9d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Sargent <philip.sargent@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 19:49:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 2018 PV update
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<TITLE>Expo Solar Panel Documentation</TITLE>
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<H2>Summary</H2>
-<p>Since 2003 the bivy site at the stone bridge has had a number of solar panels and a car battery, which are mainly used for charging lamp battery packs, drill and AA/AAA batteries (and phones). Much bigger flexi solar panels arrived in 2007 and a second, larger, battery around the same time (2009?).</p>
+<p>Since 2003 the bivy site at the stone bridge has had a number of solar panels
+and a car battery, which are mainly used for charging lamp battery packs, drill
+and AA/AAA batteries (and phones). Much bigger flexi solar panels arrived in 2007
+and a second, larger, battery around the same time.</p>
-<p>The system is actually two independent systems running in parallel.
+<p>In 2018 two new PV panels were bought.
+These <a href="https://www.jinkosolar.com/ftp/EN-Eagles-270PP-60_rev2014-1.pdf">Jinko JKM270PP-60</a>
+beasts are 255W (peak), ~16% efficient and weigh 19kg each. They are glass-fronted, aluminium-framed, and measure 1650 x 992 x 40mm.
+The intention is that they will be installed at Steinbruckhohle top camp
+and that the light-weight panels already there will be transferred to the Organhohle
+bivvy camp. The rest of this text describes the situation
+in 2017 before these Jinkos were bought. Also new in 2018 is a new set of 12V sockets (car type). This page will be updated when they have been installed.
+
+<p>The system (in 2017) was two independent systems running in parallel.
<ul>
<li>The Big system uses the three big solar cells on the big wooden frame the big battery and the cable with the (hopfully) obvious connectors on it</li>
<li>The Little system uses the four small aluminium framed solar cells and the smaller battery and the cable with the banana plugs on one end</li>