Just invite a friend who has a GPS or iPad. $0. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com>wrote: > As an aside, charging tablets and phones doesn't necessarily require an > inverter. One could go with something like this: > > http://ca.binnacle.com/p8953/BLUE-SEA-1016-DUAL-USB-CHARGER-2-SOCKET-5V-2.1AMP/product_info.html > > Phones and tablets are DC, why convert and convert again? > > I'm looking into DC power supplies for the laptop as well. So far we > haven't need AC but I do have a portable inverter on board just in case. > > I charge my tablet and phone off of the car stereo I installed at the nav > station (it has a USB port). I'm considering that Blue Sea unit just as a > nice to have but the project list is long with higher priorities. > > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Della Barba, Joe < > joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: > >> I used to have rolls of 2/0 gauge wire for hooking up batteries and >> inverters. We did a lot of 1500 watt units and a few 2500 and 3000 watt >> versions. >> I would suggest most boats carry two of them. 1000 watt units are cheap >> enough now at Worst Marine for heavy loads like shop vacs and other tools. >> Then get a second small inverter, say about 100-150 watts, for device >> charging needs. Large inverters are not efficient when powering tiny loads. >> >> Joe Della Barba >> Coquina >> C&C 35 MK >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick >> Brass >> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 11:15 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Wiring an inverter >> >> My Admiral's hair dryer is 1875 watts on high power setting, so it would >> draw over 15 amps AC, and 170 amps DC to power the inverter. That needs >> like size 0 battery cables from the battery to the inverter? >> >> I just looked at the things I customarily run with my inverter. PC >> charger = >> 1.5 amps. Cell phone charger = .5 amps. Tablet charger = .3 amps. >> Portable AC fans (one of them is in the back room waiting to go back to the >> boat) = >> .5 amps each. >> >> The total current draw can add up pretty quickly. And as I said in an >> earlier post, providing 8 amps of AC would exhaust my 4 battery 460 AH >> house bank in less than 2 1/2 hours. >> >> My point is: figure out what you want to power with it and then chose >> your inverter and battery bank size accordingly. >> >> Rick Brass >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della >> Barba, Joe >> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 3:33 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Wiring an inverter >> >> When I used to be in that business we divided the AC panel into "inverter" >> and "non-inverter" sections to keep things like water heaters and battery >> chargers from running from the inverter. And no - you can't use a battery >> charger and an inverter to make a perpetual motion machine. Prime reason >> for inverter purchases back in the day used to be for hair dryers and >> blenders. >> Everyone wanted battery powered air conditioning, but few boats have the >> room for enough batteries to support it. >> >> Joe Della Barba >> Coquina >> C&C 35 MK I >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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