Looks like we'll be getting a genset afterall. A Cruiser 32, which was
storm damaged has been bought by my yard after settling with the
insurance. Tiny little Kholer (Sp?) 4K genset will be a gift from the
yard along with an installation. She's all prewired for it and the
platform is ready and waiting. I have mixed feelings about it. It
weighs more than a box of feathers and we have yet to establish that
it's something we really need at anchor. In the slip, hanging out or
working, the a/c is a no brainer luxury. Still, I had to say yes or no
and I imagine this can only bring up the value of the boat with no cost
to me. According to the guy who's putting it in along with a hush box,
we'll barely hear it and no one anchored nearby will. I think he's
right since I can barely hear the genset of the Cruiser 34 that's not
far from us. It's amazingly small and quiet.
So...good news for our Heart of Gold!


RB
35s5
NY

Capt. Rob wrote:
Looks like we'll be getting a genset afterall. A Cruiser 32, which was
storm damaged has been bought by my yard after settling with the
insurance. Tiny little Kholer (Sp?) 4K genset will be a gift from the
yard along with an installation. She's all prewired for it and the
platform is ready and waiting. I have mixed feelings about it. It
weighs more than a box of feathers and we have yet to establish that
it's something we really need at anchor. In the slip, hanging out or
working, the a/c is a no brainer luxury. Still, I had to say yes or no
and I imagine this can only bring up the value of the boat with no cost
to me. According to the guy who's putting it in along with a hush box,
we'll barely hear it and no one anchored nearby will. I think he's
right since I can barely hear the genset of the Cruiser 34 that's not
far from us. It's amazingly small and quiet.
So...good news for our Heart of Gold!


RB
35s5
NY

Smart move bubbles.
Couple questions...is it gaseous or diesel?

Must be water cooled right? Hush box excludes air cooled
Were is it going to exhaust?
Going to need another strainer and thru hull.
4kw should run a 18000 BTU just keep Suzy's hairdryer ashore.
You going to wait till fall to install?

Joe

Couple questions...is it gaseous or diesel?

Must be water cooled right? Hush box excludes air cooled
Were is it going to exhaust?
Going to need another strainer and thru hull.
4kw should run a 18000 BTU just keep Suzy's hairdryer ashore.
You going to wait till fall to install?


You know...I didn't ask much about it yet. I was pretty excited at the
offer. I'm guessing it's gas since the Cruiser 34 has one and it's gas.
They'll have to set up a thru-hull and so on, which is why we'll wait
for the season to wrap up. Our AC is 17000 BTU's total. The 4KW will be
able to start it so long as not much else is on. Should run it without
a hitch. The platform is aft in the large starboard storage area...not
a great place for that weight.


RB
35s5
NY

Capt. Rob wrote:
Couple questions...is it gaseous or diesel?

Must be water cooled right? Hush box excludes air cooled
Were is it going to exhaust?
Going to need another strainer and thru hull.
4kw should run a 18000 BTU just keep Suzy's hairdryer ashore.
You going to wait till fall to install?


You know...I didn't ask much about it yet. I was pretty excited at the
offer. I'm guessing it's gas since the Cruiser 34 has one and it's gas.

I'd hold off and find a diesel genset, hopefully you are going to mount
a remote fuel tank. Fueling a hot genset is very dangerious, and you
will need spark free blowers, and flame screens on your tank vents.
Plus I'd put a blower in the locker the genset is mounted, gas
gensets.. really most gen sets are prone to spring a leak once and a
while due to vibration. Just a drip in a confined locker could become
a major explosion hazard with gasoline.


They'll have to set up a thru-hull and so on, which is why we'll wait
for the season to wrap up. Our AC is 17000 BTU's total. The 4KW will be
able to start it so long as not much else is on. Should run it without
a hitch. The platform is aft in the large starboard storage area...not
a great place for that weight.

I thought it was "Feather light"..Since it's aft hanging out over the
water when it blows hopefully no one will be injured.

Will your insurance double due to gasoline aboard?

Joe



RB
35s5
NY

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

Capt. Rob wrote:
Couple questions...is it gaseous or diesel?

Must be water cooled right? Hush box excludes air cooled
Were is it going to exhaust?
Going to need another strainer and thru hull.
4kw should run a 18000 BTU just keep Suzy's hairdryer
ashore.
You going to wait till fall to install?


You know...I didn't ask much about it yet. I was pretty
excited at the
offer. I'm guessing it's gas since the Cruiser 34 has
one and it's gas.

I'd hold off and find a diesel genset, hopefully

He can't afford one, Joe. He has to take what his marina
wants to get rid of. And he only has to clean out holding
tanks in exchange.

Scotty

Joe,
You sure did ask a lot of the right questions? One of the reason I went
with the small portable with long battery charging leads. Also one of
the reason it wasn't used that much.

An extra battery bank and a 100 Amp Generator/inverter makes sense. Not
cheap tho?




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Good Luck Nutsy,

I didn't have a AC but had a Microwave. I had a 500W Genset to charge
Batteries for Inverter. Not much bigger than a Lunch box. Noisy as hell
but portable. Used battery clip to use and disconnect and stored in the
Head when not in use, which was most of the time. My diesel Aux was a
better choice. Quitter and less fuel and all hooked up to boat
circuitry.

It didn't go with the sale. I've hooked it up to my furnace circuit in
the house. I can have heat and a couple of lights during Power Failures.

Bet your thankful for AC this Summer back there. I've used my House AC
more this year than all the other years combined.

Nice today. 64 degrees and force 2 breeze and sunny.




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

Bet your thankful for AC this Summer back there. I've used my House AC
more this year than all the other years combined.



You win that bet. The heat index for most of this week was 100-105
degrees. At least I was able to spend some time aboard and let a friend
sleep aboard when her power went out in Astoria. On more "normally" hot
days the A/C is nice when we're done with a sail. Packing up the main
and cleaning up usually takes a while, so it's nice to finish up below
in a cool cabin with an ice cold drink. Those windless days mean the
boat is more usable for BBQ as well.
I have to laugh when I think of poor Dave or Scotty Vermon hanging on a
hook with no A/C days like yesterday. They sure are "roughing it!"


RB
35s5
NY

--
"Swab Rob" wrote


Those windless days mean the
boat is more usable

Oh my!


I have to laugh when I think of poor Dave or Scotty Vermon
hanging on a
hook with no A/C days like yesterday. They sure are
"roughing it!"


Whose on a hook? I'm on jackstands, remember...


--
Scotty
''One who never gets out of the Sound cannot, with
any degree of credibility, comment on the courage
of fellow sailors'' ....F.B.
http://tinyurl.com/pzdl8

So now you have to carry gasoline aboard and find somewhere to stow the can.
A totally unnecessary extra fire hazard.
Edgar

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
Looks like we'll be getting a genset afterall. A Cruiser 32, which was
storm damaged has been bought by my yard after settling with the
insurance. Tiny little Kholer (Sp?) 4K genset will be a gift from the
yard along with an installation. She's all prewired for it and the
platform is ready and waiting. I have mixed feelings about it. It
weighs more than a box of feathers and we have yet to establish that
it's something we really need at anchor. In the slip, hanging out or
working, the a/c is a no brainer luxury. Still, I had to say yes or no
and I imagine this can only bring up the value of the boat with no cost
to me. According to the guy who's putting it in along with a hush box,
we'll barely hear it and no one anchored nearby will. I think he's
right since I can barely hear the genset of the Cruiser 34 that's not
far from us. It's amazingly small and quiet.
So...good news for our Heart of Gold!


RB
35s5
NY