Larry wrote:
Paul Cassel wrote in
:

What ran your batteries down to 50% in a day? That seems pretty low to
me.



Skip's Morgan 46 is more like a 3BR 2BA house than a barebones sloop
with a handheld GPS on a lap board.

He's running a reefer with battery power?

I'd personally object to running an engine at any rpm just to keep all
this load going. I find the noise of an engine, even my well insulated
one, quite objectionable and the stink of the polluting diesel
disgusting esp in a following wind. I can't see that as a solution which
would bring about a peaceful cruise.

I suppose if you must have all this electrical stuff, you have to do as
you say. I"ve heard of reefer compressors which are engine driven so you
run the engine for a short time & that freezes the plates & you are good
for another 2 days.Or you can have a 120 v output alternator which
powers the reefer to the same effect meaning I run the engine to freeze
the plates / cool the reefer but I"m not saddled with the *#& running
always.