Performance vs Comfort 50-foot Cats - real difference

[CaptainRivet]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

At 5 times the price for Longi vs Jinko it won't be happening
Not when I can smash in 170amps/hr @ 24v with the Genset
Or 70amps/hr @ 24v via B2B charger whenever we are doing miles

Maybe when I see them on the 2nd hand market for $100 with most of the warranty remaining I'll consider it ( we got our 275w Jinko for $60 delivered to the boat)

Real 5kw solar compared to your real 2kw will make the gen nearly.not needed anymore

Sorry you have low quality and small panels and complain about them...no wonder. Low light performance is crap, working angle is crap, shading performance is crap...

One longli delivers per day as much as 3 of your low quality ones..one panel is 200Euro, 3 of your cheap stuff is 180$...so even in price and not faktor 5
On your roof space you can easly install 5kw relative shade free high quality panels. Thats a lot maintenace free , quiet, hassle free and cheap energy.

Buying cheap on solar for a boat where every relative shade free square centimeter area is an absolute premium makes absolutly no sense.
Get the highest output panels that fit your space, this will amortisate very quickly in less to no runtime for the expensive genny .They are not that expensive anymore.