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Oh, given the veritable festoonery of electronica aboard your vessel, you
*really* should have rechargables.

We do, and they work off the small inverter, which I have yet to install.

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CANDChelp wrote:
Oh, given the veritable festoonery of electronica aboard your vessel,
you *really* should have rechargables.

We do, and they work off the small inverter, which I have yet to
install.


My inverter (for garage power) has two crocodile clips. It was very easy to
'install'.


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My inverter (for garage power) has two crocodile clips. It was very easy to
'install'.

Mine was a aboard the boat, still in it's box and will be switched into the
boat's shore power system. It has a flush cutout and a dedicated double socket,
but they will be hidden. A flip of the switch will have the inverter replace
the shore power, but only enough to run a small TV or charge the laptop.

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CANDChelp wrote:
My inverter (for garage power) has two crocodile clips. It was very
easy to 'install'.

Mine was a aboard the boat, still in it's box and will be switched
into the boat's shore power system. It has a flush cutout and a
dedicated double socket, but they will be hidden. A flip of the
switch will have the inverter replace the shore power, ...


Care to elucidate on the wiring for this? My garage setup has no mains
power, so it's just a battery in a box with the inverter strapped on top. (I
have two batteries and swap them around between garage and house, charging
the unused one at home.) My boat doesn't have any power at present, although
I'll probably want to add that somewhere down the line. Since the marina has
shore power, it would be good to have an idea of how things connect up.


... but only
enough to run a small TV or charge the laptop.


How about some NiMhs and a charger for the h/h GPS? Or do you reckon that TV
and (secondary?) DVD player should take precedence?


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dedicated double socket, but they will be hidden. A flip of the
switch will have the inverter replace the shore power, ...


Care to elucidate on the wiring for this?

I haven't installed it yet, so I haven't worked it out. When installed, the two
aft sockets will work with the inverter. Suzanne's blow dryer is 12v anyway.

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My boat doesn't have any power at present, although
I'll probably want to add that somewhere down the line. Since the marina has
shore power, it would be good to have an idea of how things connect up.

With such a small boat I wouldn't bother with this. Simply run an extension
cord for what you need. Ghost (My pearson 30) had a heavy duty cord that ran
right through a vent and that worked fine.
Alien has a pretty complex power system for such a small boat, but the inverter
was never installed.

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Bobsprit wrote:
My boat doesn't have any power at present, although
I'll probably want to add that somewhere down the line. Since the
marina has shore power, it would be good to have an idea of how
things connect up.

With such a small boat I wouldn't bother with this. Simply run an
extension cord for what you need. Ghost (My pearson 30) had a heavy
duty cord that ran right through a vent and that worked fine.
Alien has a pretty complex power system for such a small boat, but
the inverter was never installed.


I don't think I'd go as far as onboard mains power, but I'd very much like
to fit nav lights at least, so some sort of shoreside charging system would
be good. I'd rather think ahead and install a 12V system that's capable of
running some other kit further down the line (a depth sounder springs to
mind, and maybe a fixed VHF).
I guess it's natural to extrapolate and want to add an inverter to run the
laptop (though not essential - I'm unlikely to buy into all that electronic
chart stuff for the sailing I expect to do with this boat).


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Or do you reckon that TV
and (secondary?) DVD player should take precedence?

TV runs on DC along with it's built in DVD player.

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Bobsprit wrote:
Or do you reckon that TV
and (secondary?) DVD player should take precedence?

TV runs on DC along with it's built in DVD player.


I thought the laptop is used for playing DVDs as well?


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