DeeJay
16th February 2022, 01:24 PM
18 months ago, I bought a thin flexible solar panel that I glued to a 6mm marine ply board that slides out from under the roof rack when needed. It easily puts out 9.6 amps & is rated at 300-350 watts.
Unfortunately, on a trip around New Year, on returning to Melb on the Princess Hwy, I decided to brake a bit heavily to enter a wayside stop & had forgot to tie the thing in place. It shot off my roof, cleared the bonnet & skidded off down the highway. I had to get off the highway & watch as a light truck & about 10 cars behind it then ran over it- luckily not flipping it up at all.
My first thought was to remove it - complete with tyre marks- & chuck it, but thought I better do the right thing & brought it home. It seemed in reasonable nick- the terminal on it was smashed up, so I cut it off & soldered on a couple of wires instead, hooked it up & viola- it works just fine & has done so since.
Its one of those things that makes you shake your head in wonder
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Unfortunately, on a trip around New Year, on returning to Melb on the Princess Hwy, I decided to brake a bit heavily to enter a wayside stop & had forgot to tie the thing in place. It shot off my roof, cleared the bonnet & skidded off down the highway. I had to get off the highway & watch as a light truck & about 10 cars behind it then ran over it- luckily not flipping it up at all.
My first thought was to remove it - complete with tyre marks- & chuck it, but thought I better do the right thing & brought it home. It seemed in reasonable nick- the terminal on it was smashed up, so I cut it off & soldered on a couple of wires instead, hooked it up & viola- it works just fine & has done so since.
Its one of those things that makes you shake your head in wonder
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