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Paul Cassel wrote:

Glenn (s/v Seawing) wrote:

Two questions:

1) Any advise in choosing a generator?

2) Where to look for good used generator (Florida based boat)?


A/C on an anchor? You are talking about running a genset 100% of the
time afloat. I think that'll pretty much take all the enjoyment out of
sailing. You say a small boat - well how small? Generators, especially
diesel, are noisy. So what will you do - build it a compartment and then
line that compartment with lead sound deadening? OK, then you need to
vent it. Even so, you'll know it's running which would make me crazy.

I don't think you can get a big enough generator to power, say a
microwave and a/c, quiet enough on a 35' boat. There isn't the room
for it.

If you can't get your wife to simplify her life, get a trawler.

-paul

Glenn, I have a different take than Paul. As an asthmatic with sleep
apnea, really hot humid nights are very bad for me. As you probably
know, hot, humid nights have more stuff in the air. Being in an enclosed
place and being uncomfortable...

I found it possible to run the smallest AC off my Honda 1000is
generator. I think it was a Marineaire unit. The Honda lasted long
enough to kill the heat and humidity so I could get to sleep and still
have enough juice to charge the battery so I could use my sleep apnea
machine. It was a lot quieter than I would have thought.

I happen to like sailing so a trawler would not work for me.

Marineair (http://www.marineair.com/contained/index.html) now has a
little cuddy unit that works off the batteries so the generator could
just charge them (I ran my A/C or 110, right off the generator plugged
through my shore power).

There are solutions for most problems if you look.

Harlan

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