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2009 will be Divine ;)' Hi Jay, Looks like they are not making a self contained solar powered sub that can dive with solar panels on the sub. But just making floating platforms with solar panels and batteries on them to store power until the sub can be plugged into the platform(s). I like the comment that submarines might of been the first hybrid vehicles, with the engine and battery configurations. What I'm interested in is a pressure rated solar panel that you can dive with while it's mounted on the exterior of your sub. I have taken apart two different solar powered yard lights that have small epoxy potted solar panels on them so I can test them. They have a exposed circuit board that charges the AA Ni Cad batteries in the light units, that needs to be potted and/or placed in a pressure capsule or inside the sub. Also note that the PDF had three pictures of different ring thrusters then I've seen before. They are calling them inline thrusters. The last few pages look like a US Submarines Ad. Thanks for posting the article. Regards, Szybowski From: bottomgun@mindspring.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Solar-powered passenger sub Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:08:31 -0500 A few weeks back there was a news release concerning a Swiss proposal for a solar-powered submarine. Found another short piece today with a link to a translation of the feasibility study, see http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2418/83/. The report in PDF format while brief in depth, points out that it will take a CHF 10M (Swiss Francs, $9.4M in US funds) to make the project happen. This is probably a very optimistic number. Thought some of you that are contemplating solar-powered PSUBS might find this interesting.
Hope all the members of PSUBS have a happy and prosperous coming new year. R/Jay
Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Bahamas
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