Thread: Power inverters
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Old 02-13-2015, 01:32 PM   #17
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It's possible, but not with off the shelf retail knowledge. You need somebody who understands the whole thing front to back and those people are rare if its not you yourself. Advisable?

For a charter, I would knee jerk and say no. Once reliability, duty cycle and serviceability are considered, I think it would be hands down against such a thing. I would go with a high reliability generator without question.

Once there, I might consider adding the high output alternators very correctly sized belts and mounting, while considering belt speeds at both trolling and max speeds. You can then look at some specialty level inverters more than capable of handling the startup loads, with an appropriately sized battery bank to buffer this kind of high amperage.

Ultimately that would arrive at the kind of reliability to typically run with the generator, but be able to fall back on the inverter if needed. Charter boats need to do one thing right and that's to leave the dock without giving the guests the slightest hint at any kind of problem. I don't believe you always have the luxury of being able to wait and schedule a specialist around the specialists schedule.

Oh...and electronics is very much in my comfort zone and I'm otherwise predisposed to want to do it. I'm just seasoned enough to understand the true value of practicality.
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