effectiveness of solar & wind

[sailingdog]

The thread is still there... and Conchy Joe is back to saying that people are taking what he says out of context...

How is trying to make sure that people keep amps and amp-hours in the proper units, taking something out of context???


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[sailingdog]

John's hit it on the head. The SolarStik is really just a very expensive, and fancy, mounting kit for two relatively small solar panels, which give the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of the solar panels by allowing them to be aimed at the sun.

However, without user intervention, the are no better than fixed mount panels. However, the SolarStik is being sold as a charging system..and Conchy Joe wanting to remove battery charging from the discussion of the effectiveness of the SolarStik makes it a very suspect way of looking at it. To determine how effective a charging system is, you are kind of required to look at it in the context of actually charging batteries.

[xort]

Another aspect of this whole konky joe & solar stik...

ConchyJoe - Serious Answers For Serious Cruisers

[xort]

Well this just keeps getting more interesting...
When I go to the sailboat owners site, I can no longer view the solar stik thread. It's like it's not there at all. I followed the link provided above and there it is!
I guess I've been blocked.
BTW, I was the "Ted" poster. I respond to comments by CJ and get blocked. So I guess the solar stik Brian, CJ & the board operator over there are all in bed together? Anyone questioning the claims of CJ is banished. CJ & Brian seem to be best buds. Who is the owner of the SBO board?

[sailingdog]

Xort-

LOL... Conchy Joe is still being Conchy Joe...

Brian seemed to be somewhat more reasonable and rational than his staunchest supporter.

[xort]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Xort-

LOL... Conchy Joe is still being Conchy Joe...

Brian seemed to be somewhat more reasonable and rational than his staunchest supporter.

If Brian wanted CJ to stop he could tell his good friend to stop.

[CosmosMariner]

Sailorman - All I can say is about your midnight sun tale is 'Out-****ing-standing!!!

windmagic - you need to get OUT of the sun and lie down - The Admiral and I are in tears!!!

hellosailor you said "So, ignoring global dimming (which has been real)" ... not news if you've been following international politics lately!

The thread participants are showing signs of sleep deprivation, exposure, dehydration (from laughing)

[camaraderie]

Guys... it is fine to dredge up Conchy Joe's attacks....but I deleted plenty of your attacks as well. As far as that goes...I think there is plenty of blame to go around and bringing it all up HERE again serves no purpose.

If you want to critique something...critique Brian and his claims on a technical or real world basis as he is the owner and the one making the claims and they are there in writing and don't require any interpertation by Cjoe or anyone else. I don't want to get into another moderating festival.

I am deleting SD's quote from Ted who is Xort since it amounts to another personal (if civil) attack.

[xort]

Cam
Why aren't you banning me from this thread like Phil at SBO? (not that I'm asking you to)

The details of just how much the stik puts out can and has been up for discussion. I am critiquing this whole method of promoting the product. If you look around the SBO site, you'll see that CJ & Brian are best buds. So this 'independent' tester status of CJ's is fishy to me. The only advertiser on CJ's website is Solar Stik. Am I the only one who thinks this is a questionable arrangement?

[PBzeer]

xort - it isn't really worth worrying about. Doesn't matter if they're brothers. While CJ may be unpaid, it's obvious he is not unbiased. I think that's evident to everyone.