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Originally Posted by FF
There is a startling lack of power on a 45fter compared to a mega boat.
How will you power the mega,not camping galley?
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Modern electrical appliances are extremely more efficient than they were 10-even 5 yrs ago.
Good high end micro is about 1200W
Chefs quality convection ovens are in the 1500W range, and do a meatloaf to prime rib to lasagna in no time.
ANY refer today is mega more efficient, and with built in ice maker I don't need a stand alone unit
Half a dozen companies make an 18" dishwasher, very efficient, and what little power they use you save in water use, at about 3 gal per load. You save even more power by not having the potable and gray pumps cycling running sink water to do dishes.
Everybody makes cooktops, all wattage burners, expanding burners, interconnecting burners for etc etc. Nothing says you have to use all of them at once, but you can pick and choose what works best, anything from about 500W on up. Induction a toss up, individual burners generally use a little more power, but supposedly cook faster.
Apartment size or stack washer/dryer units pull about 6KW, some even less but they take longer.
Jura coffee/expresso station uses same watts a Mr Coffee, but make just slightly better coffee.
25 yrs ago a Princess 3 burner coil stove, Nevercold refer and formica countertops were standard, there's a better more efficient way to do things today. Inverters didn't exit, led lighting and tv's didn't exist, Corian was latest thing out. Today, why would you install 110V and 12V lighting?? You build everything in 24V led lighting, everything, period! One system. Done!
Todays 60" led flatscreens draw less power than an old 12" countertop tube tv.
Hell, Mermaid even makes an A/C unit designed to run overnight on a pair of 8D's. It's designed to do it.
One single 50A/240V cord equals 12KW, amazing that 12KW just happens to be a common generator frame size, think somebody planned that?
Outback inverters in 3500W stack and talk, 240V/110V out no problem. Balmar alternators. This is all "off the shelf" stuff, not rocket science anymore.
80's trawlers are generally solid & affordable, and have years of life left but definitely due for a makeover if it's going to be your home.
If I can't organize it to be comfortable on a trawler I'll just but a condo and a Donzi and be a retired marina warrior, LOL