My engine compartment takes up the whole aft end of the boat including the lazarette and port side cockpit locker. It never gets really hot in there and I won't likely be using the inverter while motoring. Or will I? It's probably one of those things you never knew you needed until you had.
Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>wrote: > Too hot. > > > > *Joe Della Barba* > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Stevan > Plavsa > *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:26 AM > > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Inverters > > > > My charger is mounted inside the engine compartment .. would that be a > suitable location for an inverter? > > I like that rotary switch. > > > > Steve > > Suhana, C&C 32 > > Toronto > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:46 AM, j...@svpaws.net <j...@svpaws.net> wrote: > > Usually it's a remote panel for the inverter. It's an option on the > cheaper units, standard on the higher end models. > > > > John > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Mar 27, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > > All, > > > > I've always wanted to have a setup like this, but, as part of it, put the > inverter in a locker or behind the instrument panel so the wires and the > big metal box are hidden. Does anyone have something like this set up? And, > if so, how do you power on the inverter? > > > > Or do you have the inverter out and have a cord plugged into one of the > outlets that runs back inside to your shore/gen switch? > > > > All the best, > > > > Edd > > > > > > Edd M. Schillay > > Starship Enterprise > > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > > City Island, NY > > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > On Mar 27, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Edd, > > > > Blue Seas makes a couple of different ways to switch between an Inverter > and Shore Power. Either solution could be mounted next to the AC Panel > beside the Chart Table on the Enterprise. > > > > Here are links to the switches (two ways of doing this): > > > > > http://www.bluesea.com/products/8367/AC_Rotary_Switch_Panel_30_Ampere_2_positions_%2B_OFF_2_Pole > > > > or > > > > > http://www.bluesea.com/products/8032/Traditional_Metal_Panel_-_120V_AC_30A_Toggle_Source_Selector > > > > The Rotary Switch is a little cheaper than the Breaker solution and you > don't need the breakers as you have a main breaker in the AC panel right > next to the suggested switch location. > > > > To wire this up, the existing wire from the existing shore power inlet > (which goes directly to your existing AC Panel) would now go directly to > one side of the Rotary Switch and a new, short wire would jump from the > Rotary Switch to the existing AC panel. A new wire from the inverter would > go to the other side of the Rotary Switch. Simple. > > > > Ken H. > > > > On 27 March 2014 10:44, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > > Dennis, > > > > Interesting. Where do you have your shore/gen switch and how is everything > wired up? > > > > > > All the best, > > > > Edd > > > > > > Edd M. Schillay > > Starship Enterprise > > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > > City Island, NY > > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > On Mar 27, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ray, > > > > It's a small 120 Volt AC travel dryer. It works OK for the admiral. > > > > When on the hook all my 120 v receptacles are powered by the 1000 watt > inverter through a "shore/gen" switch. She can plug it in to any of 5 > receptacles throughout the boat. > > > > Dennis C. > > Touché 35-1 #83 > > Mandeville, LA > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 26, 2014, at 11:36 PM, RAYMOND SHIBE <rsh...@optonline.net> wrote: > > Dennis, > > Now take that new hair dryer and connect it to your car battery to see how > it works. My situation is > somewhat different but we had a 12 v coffee maker. 45 minutes to make > coffee. We now use a Sea Cook propane stove in the cockpit, 10 minutes to > perc a pot and better coffee.. > > Ray Shibe > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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