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Towed generators
wrote in message ... On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:14:09 -0800, Gordon wrote: Any recommendations? Gordon Think about it this way. If the generator is 100% efficient, then to generate 746 watts, one horsepower must be provided. Imagine a dinghy with a one hp engine pulling your boat backwards and you get a sense of practicality. In practice, two or three hp is probably closer to what the effect might be. So there is plainly an upper limit to the amount of power a towed generator can realistically provide to a small sailboat. Chuck S/V Sans Serif ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- In the late seventy Yves Gélinas "Jean-du-Sud around the World" used a towed generator. The electrical power produced was mainly used to communicate on his short wave radio. Every day he radioed his position. Then all of a sudden no more communication were transmitted by him. Later it was learned that the impeller on his towed generator had been chewed to pieces. When he returned home I talked to him and he stated that the sharks made a meal of the generator impeller. He also mentioned that the life expectancy of an impeller is in relation with which region of the globe you are sailing. |
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