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The available roof space on the cart for mounting panels is 38 1/2 inches by 50 inches.  Do you have any recomendations on panels that would work with the above options?

Also, given the area I have to work with and the fact I have lots of sun do you think I will be generating enough energy to produce a meaningfull charge on the batteries?  I don't use the cart alot, probably less than 1 mile per day on average.

Thanks for the help,
Doug

Hello

I am looking for basic advice on building an integrated solar cell charger for a golf cart.  I recently moved to a small island in the Bahamas and I am looking to be off the grid as much as possible, both for personal and economic reasons.  My transportation, which I don't use terribly often, is a small Ez-go golf cart that I would like to convert to solar charging.  It is a 36 volt system with a fair amount of roof space for mounting solar panels.  We get a lot of sun.  I can give further details as needed.

Any ideas, parts recomendations, schematics, etc that are available would be greatly apreciated.  I am fairly handy with electronics and construction and am happy to share my experiences back with whoever might be interested.

Thanks for any input,
Doug