If you are a boating enthusiast you know that having a reliable power source is important, both for practical and safety reasons. Whether you’re spending the day enjoying the local bay, or venturing much farther, or even lounging on dock at your lakeside cottage, there are numerous areas where you use power, or would if you could. What can do you do to run small appliances, or provide lighting after dark, or charge your camera batteries?
Fortunately, when you are on the water you have easy access to the sun, and there are many marine solar power solutions that can meet your needs. Portable solar panels for marine use come in a variety of sizes and types; small folding panels are a convenient way to charge a cell phone or camera batteries, and they take very little space when packed up. You can get larger hard panels that mount easily on boats or bimini tops to charge larger batteries, such as electronic devices used by fishermen or marine biologists. Multiple panels can be used together to boost power.
Marine solar power lights can also make things safer and more convenient. Solar cleat lights let you tie up without stumbling or stubbing your toes, and provide light to see where you’re going. Solar dock lights can make your lake dock more attractive and a lot safer after dark if you like to sit out and watch the moon on the water. How about solar buoys, and solar piling lights? No more wiring worries or broken buoy lights.
Check into the wide array of marine solar power solutions. They will work even on a cloudy days and once they’re installed they don’t cost anything to run.
