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Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:46 pm
by Mac26Mpaul
I'v been getting question (through youtube) on how my solar panel is mounted on my M, and the TV. Made a couple of vids which may be of help to some:
Solar panel and other stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plR0fmflXAI
TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zddnSJ4YgWQ
and if your really desperate for a sail, I just posted a new sail video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKJ0BWwpVMc
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:45 am
by kasmith21
Great video...thanks for sharing...
Cheers
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:26 am
by Tomfoolery
I was going to mount a TV in my
using a similar mount type, so I could swing it out to be visible in the cockpit. It would have to be mounted to the forward bulkhead of the head, which of course, makes it quite a different situation. I even have an old UFO-type antenna that was mounted to the mast when I got the boat.
One of these days.
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:37 am
by Wind Chime
Tomfoolery wrote:I was going to mount a TV in my
using a similar mount type, so I could swing it out to be visible in the cockpit. It would have to be mounted to the forward bulkhead of the head, which of course, makes it quite a different situation. I even have an old UFO-type antenna that was mounted to the mast when I got the boat.
One of these days.
Here's what we did with the TV/DVD in our :
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1826
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:45 am
by SENCMac26x
I've been looking really hard at a 12v dvd led tv like the ones long haul truckers use and mounting like comment or above.
Wouldn't have to worry about an inverter when not on shore power.
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:24 pm
by kadet
Shame the family caught the dreaded spring lurgey
Nice vid otherwise thanks for sharing.
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:37 pm
by Russ
People use their boats in all kinds of ways. I've discovered many use them as floating vacation homes.
We have never slept on a boat tied to a dock. However many do and a TV makes sense for that if you are stuck on a rainy day or something.
What we have done a couple of times is watch a downloaded show or movie on an iPad. Perfect and portable. Do this for long flights as well.
I once believed in fixed mounted stuffs. Now I have a bluetooth adapter plugged into my boat's stereo and we stream music via our cell phone. I love living portable.
--Russ
Re: Solar panel and TV setup
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:37 am
by Tomfoolery
Wind Chime wrote:Tomfoolery wrote:I was going to mount a TV in my
using a similar mount type, so I could swing it out to be visible in the cockpit. It would have to be mounted to the forward bulkhead of the head, which of course, makes it quite a different situation. I even have an old UFO-type antenna that was mounted to the mast when I got the boat.
One of these days.
Here's what we did with the TV/DVD in our :
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1826
Yup. That's what
I'm talkin' about.
