Lensun 200w portable solar panel powering a Canadian canoe 

That's a bloody good pace, a steady 7kph. Much better than I could maintain for long. Thanks ever so much. I've been considering this sort of rig for my own canoe for years. (Central North Carolina NC. Mostly shallow reservoirs and swamps here)

.... A canoe I made a few years ago... Love how Marty just drops something in like he made a canoe. Sort of thing that some youtubers would make an hour long video of on that alone. Bloody 1 man Kiwi A Team.!

Hello there. That water is lovely and clearer. You can see the bottom.

An outrigger then put a roof for shade with panels on top would work well too :)

And you do Solar Engineering as well. Your something SPECIAL!

I wish the UK winters were as nice as that. Lush weather all year round. Lovely place to live

That is so good. The canoe gets along at a decent clip with that trolling motor! I'm binge-watching your clips. I learn something new and fascinating from each one. Thanks.

i just found your channel. man i love it

Pretty good price as well.. Cheers Mate..

Fantastic. Of course dealing with the whole setup in fine weather is optimum. In inclement weather would probably be a lot more difficult.

Just what I need

Mate you are living in God's country, so picturesque. Love all your videos

Very cool

Impressive

I'm all for more electric stuff! Maybe convert one of those numerous ATVs to zip around your property in silent stealth mode. I love the will-it-run stuff, don't get me wrong. I'm 40, son of lofty whats-Oil/Water-oh-shit-the-car-died parents, living in the big city, never having owned a car or ICEvehicle (I do drive rentals on occasion) but thanks to Marty I now know my way around decade old tractors, outboards and the likes. Don't think I'll ever use this knowledge acquired during lockdown but I certainly feel more manly for it ; )

Hi Marty, I've been inspired by your solar videos to put up a system on my barn/hangar for winter lighting however there is a mind blowing amount of info out there to sift through re: the correct equipment to use, panels, controlers, battery's etc, is there any chance you could do a master class please !!?

thats cool as mit have get one

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Do you know what we call a Canadian canoe in Canada ? A canoe.

have to wait to determine the voltage of the battery in morning not when regulated by solar controller too

Hi Marty, just going through some of your older videos which are all interesting! Where abouts are the lovely waterways that you sail on? 👍🇬🇧

that 14v doesn't mean it's full... it means the controller knows it isn't full and is charging.

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Did you try running the motor without the battery as backup? That's the test I'd have love to have seen. 200w at 12 (or more) volts is only about 16amps, and even small electric/trolling motors usually take more than that. RichE San Diego, CA

I have nothing to do with Lensun but clicking on the link I see that they have a pretty good sale going on at the moment. Marty, just curious what the buoys on the lake (is it a lake?) are, and are there any fish?

Well mate I noticed something about the motor , you can see the propeller I the water, not I the uk ha ha

$500, nope. Hope you got it free Marty! How's it holding up?

Going by your accent and what I can see in the video... I'm guessing thats the Marlborough Sounds... is that correct?

was it really 20kph? maybe 12kph.

What drone do you use?

That seat? It's supposed to be an ash frame with a woven moose skin rawhide seat - I'm Canadian and I know we don't make them like that!

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Good combination. But . . .I don't like canoe (enter,exit, stability problems) All nice equipment can drop in water for 1 second.

So I see a very large D8 type truck it heavy tractor battery I suspect that was running the trolling motor!

Nice panel. But to do a good test you need to see what the panel is putting out and what the motor is using. This panel is 200 w but probably will put out 18 to 20 volts? the battery will charge with maybe 14 volts and a cheap pwm solar charger will through away the exces voltage. so 6 volts are wasted. lets say it will put out 10 amps at 20 volts in full sunlight. 10x20=200 watts. but the cheap pwm will just through out 6 volts. 14x10 amp= 140 watts that you use. 60 watts wasted. A mppt charge controller is more expensive but will convert the exces voltage of 6 volts into extra amps. so it will charge also at 14 volts but now with 14 amps (it will be a bit less, converting will make you loose some watts to heat. but in the ideal world 14vx14.28 amps=200 watts. You have a clamp on amp meter. put it over the motor wire and over the charge wire and measure the voltage when under charge. now you can see in numbers what is happening. We use a 100 watt semi flex panel in the boat. we have a 19ft maxum sports cuddy. we use it for wakeboarding etc. But also for camping trips to a nearby nature reserve. we use a normal 12v peltier driven car fridge. and the panel will put out 5,5 amps in bright sun and the fridge will use 4,2 amps. we have an extra 12v 50 amp car battery that we use with the solar as soon we are at anchor. fridge will run all day (we only go with good weather so a lot of sun) and battery will stay full. and in the evening without sun (in summer on the water we can catch the sun until 9 or so and still have enough to keep it full. we put the panel direct to the sun. it can be on the top and on the side and on the back the front. under any angle. always optimum exposure. and after the sun went down we run it for like half an hour every hour. at night it is off but the temp went down also and the mass inside will help to stay relative cool. And the first to get up will put it on power and the circel is closed. it is such a treat to be on the boat in 30 to 40 degrees celcius and have cold drinks and keep meat and salad fresh. just a 1 x 0.5mtr 100w solar panel. i use a pwm solar charger wit a display that will show you the voltage and amps in and amps out in one view. great unit.

Hi Marty do you have a website with plans please?.

20km/h ??? no way!

I don't see a fish in that lake.

500 c'est cher

hook solar to motor no battery !!!