Next message: Lew Hodgett: "Re: lv-ab: Adding AC power for cooling"
Bob, we have 4 A/C units on our boat that are a godsend at the dock.
However in 14 years cruising we virtually never used them underway or at
anchor. It would be easy to use one or more with both an 8KW and 12 KW
genset but we just never found the need. At anchor or underway there was
always enough ventilation that extra cooling was virtually never needed. We
were cruising East Coast from Bahamas to Chesapeake. If you are deeper in
the tropics perhaps it may be more of a concern but I thought I would give
you this input in case you are anticipating a need that doesn't exist.
YMMV!
Regards,
Ann-Marie Foster,
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From: "Bob Clinkenbeard" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: Adding AC power for cooling
> The consensus seems to be that an alternator to charge a battery bank that
> would be substantial enough to power a pure sine wave inverter of 1500 or
> 2000 watts would be the best route. Can anyone be more specific about the
> alternator type (1 wire or 3 wire, amperage etc.), battery size/s and
> inverter size and make? Also a 3 stage regulator?
> I would appreciate specifics so that I don't have to go through the
> learning curve to know what I need...yes I know...I'm lazy. :>)
>
> Bob Clinkenbeard
> 24' custom trailer trawler
> http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-aboardbobbinalong
>
>
>
>> I would like to add AC power to my boat so that I can run the small
>> 5000btu 115v ac unit the PO installed. It works fine at the dock but
>> there is no way to run it underway.
>> I prefer not to add a standalone generator due to weight and size
>> constraints of my boat. I have a Perkins 3 cylinder main engine that
>> produces 35 hp and I only need 10 hp to propel my boat to it's ideal
>> cruising speed of 7 kts.
>
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