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New owner - Question about AC power
"Paul" wrote in message le.rogers.com... Guaranteed that you will find a way to drain the batteries more than once. I was under the impression that the inverter could be set to shut off at a pre-set level of discharge, say 60%. The house bank would also be separate from the starting batteries so were they to go flat it would mean decreased service life and no toast that morning but I wouldn't be in a pickle as far as engine starting goes. My fault - I misunderstood you - I thought you were going to run off of the engine battery bank. Spend the money now and get a little 1500 watt Honda generator or equivalent - I carry one on my offshore center console just to run the radios and electronics while drifting. Hmm, I may know less than I thought. I thought running those smaller DC units would be fine off the house bank. I'm not a big fan of inverters for anything. It just seems a little silly to convert AC (overnight charging) for storage in DC {batteries) for reconversion to AC (inverter) again when for a small additional amount, you have a nice quiet little generator that will do all you want and a tad more. I will admit that I have a12 v DC power supply that the Honda is connected to, but it's very efficient, I don't use my batteries except when the engines are running and it's quiet which is great. I have a small refrig in the console that it runs to keep water/soda and sammiches cool. I've been trying to figure out a way to refrigerate my live wells too. ;) Also, I have a lot of electronics that I run all the time - two radios, radar, sonar, GPS/plotter, live well pumps (and most importantly, the refrigerator with the sammiches). The way I figure it, the less constant duty load I place on the boat batteries, the better off I am. Anyway, it's just my opinion. And I will readily admit that sometimes my way isn't anywhere near the way others will do it and I make no claims to have the inside track on what is or isn't "correct" - it's just the way I do things. Good luck and have fun. Later, Tom |
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