For under $100, Harbor Freight sells an 800 W 50:1 premix gasoline/oil generator. I'm sure the thing is noisy and would leave a greasy mess wherever operated, and would barely run a coffee maker. I.e., cant think of using it for any other reason than the following...
Place in stowage for emergency charging a dead starting battery.
12 V chargers under 50 A or a larger charger, like my 100 A Prosine 2.0, sometimes can "dim" the charge current depending on the programmed shorepower breaker size (or amount of nuisance tripping). So, 800 W is plenty to get a healthy discharged battery up to cranking juice in hours.
I wouldn't even know how to jump start my Ford Lehman, even if another boat offered. While replacing the normal 1/0 cables, I needed to start the engine and 8 foot 6 AWG jumper cables failed. Made a "rrrerr...." and started toasting the cables.
How does mariner assist programs provide a jump start? Do they, or just tow you to the nearest grid power source?
Place in stowage for emergency charging a dead starting battery.
12 V chargers under 50 A or a larger charger, like my 100 A Prosine 2.0, sometimes can "dim" the charge current depending on the programmed shorepower breaker size (or amount of nuisance tripping). So, 800 W is plenty to get a healthy discharged battery up to cranking juice in hours.
I wouldn't even know how to jump start my Ford Lehman, even if another boat offered. While replacing the normal 1/0 cables, I needed to start the engine and 8 foot 6 AWG jumper cables failed. Made a "rrrerr...." and started toasting the cables.
How does mariner assist programs provide a jump start? Do they, or just tow you to the nearest grid power source?