OT Inverters

In message , Nick H writes

time for me to chip in ... As someone whose home is set up to run without a mains connection I have a little bit of knowledge in this area. I will describe the setup here on the boat. All lighting is either G4 capsules or double D fittings all run at 24v The 240v system is a split system the main power in, 5KvA Chinese generator, feeds both sides. One side has the Washing machine, Tumble dryer and immersion heater on it. The other side feeds a Heart interface (2.5Kw inverter 65A charger) this has a pass through so when the genny is off it all runs off the inverter. Now this copes easily with the fridge freezer however my Quad hi-fi gets shirty with the modified sine wave. All the rest of the "domestic" equipment is fine. Some clocks tend to run out of time on MSW. However if I am off the moorings I use a 1500w pure sine wave inverter that will run the whole boat with the exception of the tumble Dryer and the heaters on the washing machine ( I have got round that but that's another story) So in summary I would say that in an ideal world you need a 1500w pure sine wave inverter to make the system workable. However even with 400Ah at 24V batteries I still run the genny for a couple of hours a day to keep the batteries above 60%. it will last 2-3 days but it hits the batteries hard. Next investment is going to be a large solar panel or two so that I don't have to run the genny every day.

Blimey Kim, they already run on a 50:1 mix, I'd be dubious about reducing it even further :-) I used to run mine on synthetic and it did reduce the smoke somewhat. Though compared to a Petter M type that hasn't fully warmed up they are pretty clean running anyway.......its all relative.

Regards

Philip T-E

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