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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 12:59:03 EDT
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:23:33 -0400, you wrote:
>Rosalie B. wrote:
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>> So my assertion that the installation of solar panels did not matter
>> was intended just as an example of a piece of equipment for a boat
>> where there were no moving parts to go wrong so that maintenance would
>> not be a monetary consideration.
>
>Can you share with us what it takes to properly install solar panels? Every
>proper installation I've seen - and I've seen dozens - required quite a bit
>of work. In every slap-dash installation I've seen - and I've seen dozens -
>the panels either worked inefficiently, or had failed completely.
What do you mean 'failed completely'?
What does the amount of work to install something have to do with
whether the maintenance of the item will require a lot of work and
expense?
Some things don't require any work, and some require a lot to install.
Our Max Prop was difficult to install because the directions weren't
very good, but once installed it doesn't require much more maintenance
than any other prop (keep barnacles off and grease sometimes).
There's no installation to a hand-held GPS to speak of - we put a
mounting bracket on the pedestal and we plug it in or get new
batteries for it - NBD.
>
>Do you have any other examples of equipment in which installation and
>maintenance are not monetary considerations? How about standing rigging?
>That doesn't have moving parts, so I'd guess it requires no maintenance
>either. Correct?
There's no reason to get sarcastic.
grandma Rosalie
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