Seems to me that a system that "fails" to the blind mode ain't all that smart.
My thought, too, AP. But, as I said, haven't had time to thoroughly look at the piece. I may be incorrect.
Offf the subject, I didn't know Rawson made power boats. Admire the look of her!
Interesting, Capn Bill. Haven't had time to read in detail. It appears that the film goes opaque in the power-off mode. Also set up to work on DC. Anyone have experience with this material? Cost?
I have not got a chance to work with it yet.
It does power off to opaque.
But I don't think that is such a big deal.
The concern of course if there is some power failure, circuit failure, wiring fault etc.... suddenly you can't see out of your PH windows. That could be inconvenient to say the least.
My guess is that power on opaque is currently not possible with the technology.
How, exactly, is this better than curtains?
But there is also obviously a use for them.
Maybe on the south side of my house, but probably not on my boat...or my airplane.
36" x 36" = $531. Way too expensive for me.
Arch
There is a very good reason the MVA prohibits a tint on the windshield and the front side windows in cars, at least in BC. The same should apply to the boat, unless you have no helm on that level.
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Mr. dh. I agree but an alternative might be... Windows for High-performance Commercial Buildings
I went in search for a window film that would limit heat transmission in the Florida sun and make our pilothouse A/C effective, but the available alternatives to the really good $$tuff from 3M left some distortion that neither my Admiral or I found acceptable to use on our brand new pilothouse windows It looks like we're going to end up with the 3M stuff after all, expensive but very effective, as reported by quite a few new Krogen owners who've installed the film on pilothouse windows. They claim the film is perfectly clear but almost zero heat transmission. The eventual plan is also for sunbrella window canvas.
Boeing seem to have succeeded with the windows on the 787s, which can individually darken and lighten at the touch of a button.
Well, I'm no engineer, but I've been taught that any properly designed system fails-to-safe. Seems to be a simple test.
How, exactly, is this better than curtains?