Re: Virtues of a 12v generator?

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:35:21 GMT, "Pete Styles"
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>"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?
>>
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>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.
>
Even harder to justify when compared to this.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=86670&ts=66831

12v and 240, four stroke, 25 kg, and only £140.


PyroJames
Would arsonists please try to control themselves for the duration of the emergency.
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