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
>
>
>
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