Our busy boat show stand was complimented by our co-operation with World Cruising Club who featured sailboats that had completed the ARC (Atlantic Rally Cruisers) race over the last few years.  The feature provided an interesting and useful perspective for prospective cruisers as a number of skippers were in attendance to answer questions on living aboard.

Over 93,000 people passed through the exhibition over the 9 days of exhibiting despite adverse weather conditions. It was a pleasure to meet customers, old and new, and we look forward to continuing the success we had at the LBS into the rest of 2013.

Click here to Download the New Marlec Direct 2013 Catalogue

What are MPPT Regulators?

MPPT  regulators (controllers) enable the use of high voltage and thin film solar PV modules for off-grid battery charging for both 12V and 24V applications. These solar controllers allow the user to take advantage of the lower prices of the higher wattage panels, typically used in the on-grid market, to make larger arrays of up to 400W.

The MPPT Regulators are just some of the Morningstar products stocked here at Marlec. Our technical team are here to help you select what's right for your charging system.

Sunware Fox Solar Regulators	Steca Solar Regulators	Morningstar Solar Regulators
Clear digital display of system performance	Using on grid panels for off-grid applications	MPPT Regulator

Connect a regulator between solar panel and battery to prevent overcharge and provide deep discharge protection. All solar regulators are diode protected to prevent reverse current in darkness and allow other charge sources to same battery.

Last week Jim and Marcin from the Marlec team enjoyed the fine May weather whilst installing 4 of our "Green Column" wind & solar powered street lights here in Corby.  The columns for the Danesholme estate were commissioned for Corby Borough Council.  Jim commented "It was great to do this install in the sun as there was snow on the ground when we fitted the last ones at Beanfield"

Remote Power Systems

This particular system provides floodlighting for the multi-purpose sports area serving the nearby estate. This enables local children to play basketball and football later into winter evenings. Other installations in the UK use Green Columns for car parks, footpaths and other remote power systems as well as educational purposes.

Significant growth in the solar energy market for homes has had a beneficial impact on costs of the battery charging type of solar panels for boats, caravans and motorhomes.

Solar Panels for Boats

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Solar panels enable you to have power wherever you are! Silently and efficiently they convert daylight to energy for your batteries. Whether you are using solar panels for boats, motorhomes or at a remote site for professional uses such as monitoring choose from our range of premium brands to ensure your batteries are always topped up.

Ameresco & BP Solar

Ameresco is the new name for the BP Solar battery charging type of solar pv modules.  We secured good stocks of many BP Solar product lines before they ceased manufacturing late in 2011.  All warranties are being honoured by BP for their solar panels. The Ameresco product lines are manufactured in the same facility, retain all the quality and certification standards and many are the same dimensions but note that some specifications will change.

Solar Cells

These solar cells are ideal for experiments, direct driving small low power devices or low voltage battery charging.

Sunware Panels

This German designed & manufactured range of semi-flexible solar panels are leaders in their field.  The range has been tried and tested in harsh salt water conditions on board ocean going yachts and even on navigation buoys.  They incorporate a higher number of solar cells than normal battery charging panels so that their performance is superior owing to cooler running and better low light level output. These specs make them ideal solar panels for boats.

Spectraflex & Spectralite

Also see our solar battery charging life range for accessories such as phones, lighting and other leisure applications. Innovative ways using for solar panels for boats

Hanwha SolarOne hosted a group from Marlec at the recent Bolton vs Arsenal match.  PV installers, DJK Renewables based in Farnham and PV Solar Installations of Stamford joined members of the Marlec PV grid connect team for an evening of exciting football and hospitality.  Stefan Ailer was there to represent Hanwha SolarOne who, as special sponsor for this match nominated Petrov as Man of the Match.

Hanwha SolarOne

Hanwha SolarOne is the 6^th largest PV panel manufacturer in the world, they are a fully integrated manufacturer of solar panels with a clear vested interest in the quality of all the component parts and processes through to final testing.  Their reputation is founded on large scale utility scale pv installations in Europe & the USA with “bankable” products.  Marlec is their UK representative.

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London Boat Show is our opportunity at Marlec to talk face to face with customers new and old.  This year’s London Boat Show proved to be another busy year on the stand where we launched the new 2012 Marlec Direct catalogue.

The team were presenting the complete range of marine designed Rutland Windchargers from the compact 504 to the latest 914i model.  We all enjoy meeting Rutland users in particular as we hear about the voyages around the world and learn so much about the many installations usually undertaken directly by the boat owners.

Special thanks to all those World Cruising Club members who ordered Rutland Windchargers  and SunWare Solar panels in preparation for the next ARC.  We will be presenting and discussing “On Board Power Management” at the forthcoming ARC Seminar event in March 2012.

Marlec Stand at the London Boat Show