BougeRV flexible solar panels: a liveaboard's honest take after over a year of use
After rewiring her flexible solar panels and confirming voltage was coming through again, Lauren noted that she had installed those BougeRV panels about a year and two or three months earlier. Her verdict after that time: they are very efficient. She says she really likes them and recommends them to anyone looking for flexible panels for their boat.
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Lauren Landers Sailing does not recommend Sea Frost refrigeration systems
After working through yet another Sea Frost failure, Lauren Landers Sailing gave an honest assessment: she does not recommend Sea Frost. This is not because the company does not work with her, but because their customer service has been dif
You cannot safely rewire solar panels while the sun is shining on them
Lauren noticed her boat was not bringing in as much power and traced it to a wiring problem with one of her solar panels. She also suspected that two of her older hard panels had gone bad. The core practical problem she ran into: you cannot
Sometimes replacing the whole toilet assembly is faster than chasing seal failures
Lauren's aft head had seals replaced a couple of times and still was not working properly. Rather than continuing to chase individual seal failures, she decided to replace the entire assembly. The result: two out of three heads on the boat