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Old 12-21-2011, 03:08 PM   #33
Just Bob
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City: St. Petersburg, FL
Vessel Name: Liberdade
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
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Engine Room Exhaust Fans

Wow you guys are amazing, I'm glad you're not billing me for the advise!

My inverter is a Victron "Quattro" 24v 5000w. I do not believe it will supply 240v, I believe I can pair it with a second and produce 240, but it would seem that the DC feed would be enormous.

I was talking today to a Krogen 52 owner who moves a lot of Krogen 55's and 58's and he says Krogens theory on boats this size is two gensets, with the smaller be essentially a disposable one. Assuming one is good for several thousand hours, I'm not so sure this s crazy.

I'm still going to work on getting power to my existing fans and house bank without the genset.


The other advantage I see to this is some day in the future if I can replenish house bank with wind and sun, we could stay at anchor for some time with little genset use.

-- Edited by Just Bob on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 05:15:35 PM

-- Edited by Just Bob on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 05:16:13 PM
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