Re: Virtues of a 12v generator?


"milltech" <r.church.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I know that a small suitcase generator may give you 5 to 8 amps charge and
>also run power tools, but for boats with an inverter or without the need
>for mains power, carrying a 50 amp 12v battery charging generator would
>seem to be a useful thing to do.
>
> In days of yore when 95% of all boats lived on swinging moorings and
> cruising between marinas was not possible, having a "battery set" aboard
> was pretty common, older installations might have been Stuart Turner,
> later one could buy a portable battery set, but none seem available now.
>
> Running your engine to charge the batteries seems generally to be regarded
> as a "bad thing", and of course does not solve a flat battery problem. If
> staying in one locality for some days, or away from mains marina sources
> when cruising, would it not make sense to carry such a brute aboard?
>
> As it happens nobody in Europe seems to maike one anymore that weighs less
> than 40 kilos, but if there was an option at say 12 kilos, kicking out 50
> amps and costing £699 inc vat, does anyone think there would be a market?
>
> Would I be the only buyer?
>

Probably!
When Screwfix sell a 720VA 240V generator for less that 100 quid, and you
can buy a sophisticated 20A charger for around 150 quid, I'd find it very
hard to justify 700 quid plus and invertor to do the same range of tricks.


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