We do Christmas ships every year and usually go out about 5 nights per season. I have a cheapish 500 watt (peak) Stanley inverter wired directly to one of my house battery's with a flat wire plug and about a 18" lead with an inline fuse of course. We run all LEDs. On our 30-2 we run lights up the mast, zipped around the toe rail, and looped around the lifelines. Total light length is 200'. I haven't added up the accumulated but suspect I nave room for more. First year I used or cigarette lighter at the nav station with no issues, but we've added lights and feel better about the direct connection. Someone can shout me down about the assymetric load on my house bank of (2) group 27s.
The parade is quite fun for friends and colleagues. Quite a bit of work/concentration for the skipper and occasionally hard on the boat depending on the debris load in the river... If you boat on one. Incidentally, many people used generators when we started. Very few have them anymore. Kevin Osprey 30-2 Portland On Sat, Dec 19, 2015, 10:26 AM Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I'd have to look but I think it's something like a 100 amp fuse. I think > the wires are something like 2 or 4 AWG. I know the cables are substantial > and I had to locate the inverter for minimum wire run, like under 10 feet > total. I did the calculations using the Blue Sea app. > > DIY's are usually surprised when they start sizing cables for the 12 VDC > side of an inverter install. > > I'm helping a buddy with a 2000W inverter install. We're using 2AWG > cables with a wire run under 4 feet total. > > Dennis C. > > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Jake Brodersen via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Dennis, >> >> >> >> If you were pulling 830 watts from the inverter, that’s 69 amps @ 12 >> volts! How big a fuse do you have on your inverter? My 600 watt inverter >> uses a 50 amp fuse. >> >> >> >> Jake >> >> >> >> *Jake Brodersen* >> >> *C&C 35 Mk-III “Midnight Mistress”* >> >> *Hampton VA* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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