Narrowboat Solar Panel Fitters

Find the best place for your solar panel.

Narrowboat solar panel fitters.

They can be mounted either using the 4 grommet holes in the panel corners or by gluing the panels down. The smaller battery pack also has a solar panel built in. Fitting a solar panel to your narrowboat. Sunworks portable solar panels have an adjustable stand that allows the panel to be tilted up or down.

Aerials might cast a shadow over the panel and reduce its effectiveness. This should be on an area of the cabin roof or wheelhouse clear of other equipment. These small panels typically come in 5 10 and 20 watt sizes are semi flexible and will gently bend to fit the curve of most narrowboat roofs provided the curve is not too tight. These panels have a stand that allows you to set the panel up outside the boat pointing it directly at the sun.

Most of a narrowboat roof is potentially space for installing panels but you need to look at how much of that you can spare or want to allocate for the use of the solar panels. The simplest and quickest way to use a solar panel on your narrowboat is to buy a portable solar panel. This is the physical size that you have available to be taken up by a set of solar panels. Being off grid on a narrowboat and keeping all electrical devices charged is a challenge that we prepared for by purchasing a few usb battery packs and a stand alone solar panel.