I've asked Poppie if he can find out the ampere-hour rating of the
intended battery. My guess is that if every square centimeter of the top
of the Vanagon was covered in photovoltaic cells and the vehicle was
placed in direct sun that it would take several days to charge that
battery. That's my guess, I'll wait to see if we can get the numbers for
the battery.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 3/16/2009 10:16 AM Kim Brennan wrote:

> On a few Vanagons that had the enormous sun roof, it occurs to me,
> that replacing the sunroof with solar panels would be interesting.
> Wouldn't change the drag characteristics.
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Poppie Jagersand wrote:
>
>> Not practical for a conventional vehicle. they are too heavy and
>> have too high rolling resistance and wind drag to work just off
>> solar cells.
>