Hello all,
I'm a sailor, considering buying a 1973 Defever 40 for weekend cruising. The boat has a non-working 10kw genset (I believe Onan or Kohler). I'm curious to know what could possibly have required that much power on the boat in the past? The generator is almost as big as the Ford Lehman! It's a west coast boat, so no a/c. Fridge runs on propane but I suppose there might have been an AC fridge in there at one time.
More generally, do casual/weekend cruisers even need gensets any more? Are they simply left over from pre-inverter days? Am I missing something important that runs on AC? In my camper, I run the microwave from a single group-24 lead acid battery--even that works for 3 or 4 days. This boat has four group-31 batteries. I have a hard time imagining that you'd need that much power on the hook, either DC or AC.
Thanks.
Bill
I'm a sailor, considering buying a 1973 Defever 40 for weekend cruising. The boat has a non-working 10kw genset (I believe Onan or Kohler). I'm curious to know what could possibly have required that much power on the boat in the past? The generator is almost as big as the Ford Lehman! It's a west coast boat, so no a/c. Fridge runs on propane but I suppose there might have been an AC fridge in there at one time.
More generally, do casual/weekend cruisers even need gensets any more? Are they simply left over from pre-inverter days? Am I missing something important that runs on AC? In my camper, I run the microwave from a single group-24 lead acid battery--even that works for 3 or 4 days. This boat has four group-31 batteries. I have a hard time imagining that you'd need that much power on the hook, either DC or AC.
Thanks.
Bill