[Rhodes22-list] Solar Panel Wiring

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take out a side window and you can fish thru the air space between the 
headliner and cabin wall.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 3:06 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Solar Panel Wiring


> Did anyone install their own solar panels on the cabin top (i.e., GB 
> location as seen in http://www.rhodes22.com/head_small.html )?  If so, how 
> did you route the wires?
>
> Based on what I recalled from previous discussions, I took off the 
> aluminum moulding in the cabin hatch area that covers the deck to cabin 
> liner joint and found that my liner is glued to the deck.  Even if I 
> drilled a hole to insert the wires into the space between the deck and 
> cabin liner, I am not sure how I could fish them through to the edge of 
> the cabin liner behind the screwed on carpet-covered trim pieces, because 
> of the sharp turn as the liner turns outboard under the side deck towards 
> the hull/deck joint.
>
>
> Crude cross-section, imagine port side looking forward.
>
>              panel          wire in
>            =========||
>          //
>         //
> |===//
> |
>
> ^ wire out
>
>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I gave up during pre-launch preparations, but thought I might try again in 
> the water.
>
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
> '85 recycled '03
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