 All right, I've got all these flaps on oh and I Figured out what I want to do to hold them in place at least part of it okay, so All right, I've got these floppers here, and they're gonna have solar panels attached to them yet I haven't done it yet, but this goes over there, and then this one comes here And when it's out here, I need to be able to Put it at this height or be able to adjust it down or up depending on where the Sun is So I was rummaging around in my workshop, and I found these pipes Which fit together quite nicely? You know a little bit snug but loose enough that they're not gonna get stuck if a bit of sand or something that's in there So I think I'm gonna go super simple That would be the right height oh Just drill a hole through there put a nail in or maybe one of the stainless steel Rivet leavens put one of those in and then in this pipe have another hole here So if I want to lower and then another hole here So just three settings, you know one there one up there and one down there, so this can go Go down here or up there and I'll probably put two of these on each flap So supported toward the front and toward the back, so I'm gonna need one two three four five six seven eight Obviously, this isn't gonna be enough So I'm going to town pretty soon So I'll take this these with me and get matching pipes Enough to do all the pieces this pipe is Schedule 40 and the size is not on here I think it's three-quarter inch and then this is a C PVC pipe Which is a different size than normal PVC pipes. They're a little bit bigger so the PVC pipe that is Almost the same size as this is too snug for this But the C PVC pipes are a little bigger and they fit really nicely So I think this is a three-quarter inch and this is a one inch And actually when I get to the store I might check if there are two a little bigger I guess this would be strong enough, but I want I might want to just get a bit of extra strength anyway Now mounting the solar panels the first time I got these solar panels they had sticky backs So you just peel the stuff off the back and they stick These ones have no sticky backs so So far I'm thinking I should just drill holes And you know in a few spots in this white area because I'm pretty sure this white area doesn't contain anything important I can drill holes and rivet it into place. I Could probably even drill a hole in one of these white squares, but I don't want to risk that I want to keep them like well away from any important electrical stuff. So like out here somewhere And then it would be fastened a bunch of times around the outside I think that'll be sufficient Although when I'm in town, I'll also check for some glue I've read that Seca Flax, whatever that is works well for gluing solar panels down. I'm not doing anything with the solar panels today so Got a couple hours Right now I could do something useful. I think I might take care of these boxes These are full of batteries I've been unable to secure a battery sponsor for this boat. I had a couple leads all fell flat So I do have batteries that I bought a while ago off eBay They're used But they're still in decent shape Lithium iron phosphates. Let me pull a couple out. These are the same batteries I used on my last boat too On a floor space for all six these are 36 volt Things modules battery pack. Let's just call them battery packs 36 volt Now I did get someone to sponsor me with a motor But and that's coming. It'll be here soon It's a 48 volt motor. So I need to turn 36 volt packs into 48 volt packs. So I take one of these and cut it into thirds, which is a little harder than saying Then I'll have three 12 volt packs that I could add on to three 36 volt packs So I'll have a total of four of these put together into three 48 volt That should be pretty simple. It's just kind of a pain cutting these because it's not making me just cut I'm gonna take them all apart and cut all the connections It's not that hard though, and I only have to cut one into three pieces And then I can use three whole other packs. That's great I guess I better go get my voltmeter to check these before I start operating on them I don't want to take one apart for like a half an hour and then realize it's dead 38.6. Okay, that's good The 36 volt batteries so they could be a little over 36 volts 38.6 Okay, 12 volts right there. I Scratched the plastic coating on this one up here. So I put a bit of electrical tape on there I probably don't even need it. Nothing's gonna get in there and touch it anyway Drilling these holes. I need to be real careful not to hit any of the cells I got my drill bit super sharp though with some sandpaper. So these are going pretty smoothly One here and one there Two at the other end. Each one of these is 12 volts and I've got some original contacts And then wherever I don't have those I have two screw contacts They have two wires out of there You know in case these are pushing a lot of current ever which they may be So I just need to match those up with three full ones Man, that's a lot easier than cutting them into 24 volt things