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On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:28:55 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote: All the more reason to increase battery bank capacity. !,500AH-1,600AH would be a good match to take advantage of that 200A output. We have no problem figuring out where to put the 200 amps when underway. The inverter pulls down about 80 to 100 amps powering the fridge, freezers and nav computers. Recharging the inverter batts from the previous night can use 20 to 100 amps. House loads from nav gear, auto pilot, lights, radios, radar, engine room blowers, etc., can take another 30 amps. |
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:26:03 -0500, Gene
wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:25:30 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: Do you have a USCG Master's license? Do you possess an intimate understanding of the Rules of the Road? I do. I do, too..... and I wouldn't dare own or operate a boat without sufficient insurance coverage. ESPECIALLY, commercially.... I can only assume a few things: One, you don't own a boat large enough to be kept in dry or wet storage. If you did, you'd be required by the marina to carry insurance...or Second, you have no assets and no real concern of liability.... can't squeeze blood from a turnip....or Third, you are so fabulously wealthy that not even an accident and subsequent fuel spill wouldn't faze you....or Fourth, most likely, you are infallible and inviolably lucky..... Number 2 is spot on. |
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"Wayne.B" wrote: We have no problem figuring out where to put the 200 amps when underway. ------------------- Get back to me in a couple of years. Your boat's electrical system is not the same as a transit bus; however, you are applying bus design requirements to your boat. Bottom line: You simply can't have too big a house bank on a boat. A fact of battery life often forgotten is that for every 100AH taken out of a battery, you must replace it with 125AH. The maintained recharge rate of a house bank is 15%. IOW, the max sustained recharge rate for 1,000 AH bank is about 150A. You can take all the games regulator people try to promote and put them where the moon doesn't shine. When it comes to wet cell batteries, there is no free lunch. Have fun. Lew |
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YukonBound wrote:
"Gene" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:25:30 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: Do you have a USCG Master's license? Do you possess an intimate understanding of the Rules of the Road? I do. I do, too..... and I wouldn't dare own or operate a boat without sufficient insurance coverage. ESPECIALLY, commercially.... I can only assume a few things: One, you don't own a boat large enough to be kept in dry or wet storage. If you did, you'd be required by the marina to carry insurance...or Second, you have no assets and no real concern of liability.... can't squeeze blood from a turnip....or Third, you are so fabulously wealthy that not even an accident and subsequent fuel spill wouldn't faze you....or Fourth, most likely, you are infallible and inviolably lucky..... If I have the right guy... he owns a 27' mustard yellow Coronado sailboat c/w mauve interior that he keeps moored back in a swampy backwater in Florida. He has no fears because no one would bother to sue him for that boat or his postman's pension. Nice job improving the group, dummy! |
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Hello:
*To that end we've installed a 2,000 watt inverter and a bank of 8 golf cart batteries with a total capacity of about 1,000 amp-hours. * Peak alternator loads can easily approach 250 amps and average well over half of that. There are some downside issues however: * and fortunately the front pulley on a Detroit 6-71 can accomodate up to three belts. In testing it has put out well over 200 amps while maintaining reasonable temperatures. * Stay tuned for the long term durability reports... * * :-) Most older homes had a 100 amp load center. For the last 30 years a 200 load center (braker panel) is the residential standard. I rewired my home 10 years ago and the union journyman electrition installed a 200 amp panel. The home was 2600 sq ft.. With the greatest respect. Why would you need MORE amps than the common 2600 sq ft home ? Id think at that point it would make more since to install a dedicated hard wired diesel powered generator. When you start taking parts of a 71 series Detroit Id think you would have realized your trying to get an elephant to ballance on a football. Yours truely, Bob |
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... You're going in the wrong direction. Using a huge battery bank kept charged by a heavy-duty alternator is still going to be inadequate for spoiled motor cruisers who really want a house with all the comforts of home that floats and goes from place to place. So, forget the huge battery bank and get one of these instead. (Save your auxiliary engines for moving the floating home from place to place.) https://secure.cascadesierrasolution...hp?prodId=0020 These tripacs are the cat's meow. They provide heat, air conditioning, battery charging all in one compact package. You see more and more of them on over-the-road tractor/trailers. "The TriPac APU provides ? cab heating and air conditioning ? truck engine block heating ? truck battery charging ? 12Von-board power ? optional 120V household electrical power "The system is powered by a diesel engine, running an automotive style 12V alternator and belt driven air conditioning compressor. The APU HVAC system is independent of the truck system. Cab heat is provided by a fuel-fired heater, and engine block heat is provided by exchanging coolant between the APU engine and the truck engine." I hope this helps. Wilbur Hubbard Other than the 420 pounds (and $9800) - sweet! -- Richard Lamb email me: web site: www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb |
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote: We have no problem figuring out where to put the 200 amps when underway. ------------------- Get back to me in a couple of years. Your boat's electrical system is not the same as a transit bus; however, you are applying bus design requirements to your boat. Bottom line: You simply can't have too big a house bank on a boat. A fact of battery life often forgotten is that for every 100AH taken out of a battery, you must replace it with 125AH. The maintained recharge rate of a house bank is 15%. IOW, the max sustained recharge rate for 1,000 AH bank is about 150A. You can take all the games regulator people try to promote and put them where the moon doesn't shine. When it comes to wet cell batteries, there is no free lunch. Have fun. Lew Point, match, set... -- Richard Lamb email me: web site: www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb |
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"I am Tosk" wrote in message ... In article , says... YukonBound wrote: "Gene" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:25:30 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: Do you have a USCG Master's license? Do you possess an intimate understanding of the Rules of the Road? I do. I do, too..... and I wouldn't dare own or operate a boat without sufficient insurance coverage. ESPECIALLY, commercially.... I can only assume a few things: One, you don't own a boat large enough to be kept in dry or wet storage. If you did, you'd be required by the marina to carry insurance...or Second, you have no assets and no real concern of liability.... can't squeeze blood from a turnip....or Third, you are so fabulously wealthy that not even an accident and subsequent fuel spill wouldn't faze you....or Fourth, most likely, you are infallible and inviolably lucky..... If I have the right guy... he owns a 27' mustard yellow Coronado sailboat c/w mauve interior that he keeps moored back in a swampy backwater in Florida. He has no fears because no one would bother to sue him for that boat or his postman's pension. Nice job improving the group, dummy! Donnie seems to keep getting a pass... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - Pain is temporary, Glory is forever! A pass at what? I've was called names half a dozen times yesterday by the group dysfunctional..... and no one says boo about it. Maybe he's one of your aliens................. ~~ snerk ~~ |
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On Nov 13, 7:00*am, "YukonBound" wrote:
"I am Tosk" wrote in l-september.org... In article , says... YukonBound wrote: "Gene" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:25:30 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: Do you have a USCG Master's license? Do you possess an intimate understanding of the Rules of the Road? *I do. I do, too..... and I wouldn't dare own or operate a boat without sufficient insurance coverage. ESPECIALLY, commercially.... I can only assume a few *things: One, you don't own a boat large enough to be kept in dry or wet storage. If you did, you'd be required by the marina to carry insurance...or Second, you have no assets and no real concern of liability.... can't squeeze blood from a turnip....or Third, you are so fabulously wealthy that not even an accident and subsequent fuel spill wouldn't faze you....or Fourth, most likely, you are infallible and inviolably lucky..... If I have the right guy... he owns a 27' mustard yellow Coronado sailboat c/w mauve interior that he keeps moored back in a swampy backwater in Florida. He has no fears because no one would bother to sue him *for that boat or his postman's pension. Nice job improving the group, dummy! Donnie seems to keep getting a pass... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - Pain is temporary, Glory is forever! A pass at what? I've was called names half a dozen times yesterday by the group dysfunctional..... *and no one says boo about it. Maybe he's one of your aliens................. *~~ snerk ~~- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Quit your crying and join the group... no excuses... |
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