If I can buy a reliable unit for under $1K, install it in my engine room,
cool with seawater, hook to existing fuel system, have an optional switch
for on/off/auto, keep my battery bank charged, I will buy one...if works
well, I will tell everyone I know. This is what I want...battery bank
charging but not a large generator such as commonly seen on larger
powerboats. Affordable quiet power.

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net


"Chuck Cox" wrote in message
...
Peter Wiley wrote:
In article , Chuck Cox
wrote:
Where
would you envision operating such a system on your boat?

Probably, depending on size, in a dedicated locker aft, sealed from the
interior spaces similar to a locker for gas bottles. Tell me how big
it's likely to be, how much ventilation it needs and I may have other
ideas.

If we use a fuel pump, it'll probably be about the size of a shoebox.
If we use gravity, it'll be maybe 50% taller. If there is no integral
tank, maybe 1/2 a shoebox. The intake and exhaust will probably be
under 1" in diameter. For short runs, appropriate tubing of that
diameter would suffice.

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On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:36:23 GMT,
Glenn A. Heslop wrote:
If I can buy a reliable unit for under $1K, install it in my engine room,
cool with seawater, hook to existing fuel system, have an optional switch
for on/off/auto, keep my battery bank charged, I will buy one...if works
well, I will tell everyone I know. This is what I want...battery bank
charging but not a large generator such as commonly seen on larger
powerboats. Affordable quiet power.

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net




ditto....

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Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
Those who live by the sword are shot by those who don't.