Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-09-02 Thread Leslie Paal via CnC-List
wrote: Subject: Re: Stus-List Hot water tank To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "Danny Haughey" Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 1:28 PM you won't, trust me!   People want like 10 gals a minute to feel a luxurious shower.  those water saver heads are like .5 gals per mi

Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-09-02 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
; > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Dennis > C. via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2015 4:07 PM > *To:* CnClist > *Cc:* Dennis C. > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Hot water tank > > > > Ditto. The 120 volt receptacles o

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2015-09-02 Thread Danny Haughey via CnC-List
battery charger and water heater. You may want to change your AC wiring to do this. Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ron Ricci via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 1:41 PM To: 'C&C List' Cc: Ron Ricci Subject: Re: Stus-Li

Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-09-02 Thread Martin DeYoung via CnC-List
ription: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jim Watts via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 1:04 PM To: 1 CnC List Cc: Jim Watts Subject: Re: Stus-List Hot water tank The big downside to the instan

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2015-09-02 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
charger will always run the batteries dead. Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 4:07 PM To: CnClist Cc: Dennis C. Subject: Re: Stus-List Hot water tank Ditto. The 120 volt receptacles on

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2015-09-02 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
> > You may want to change your AC wiring to do this. > Joe > > Coquina > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Ron > Ricci via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2015 1:41 PM > *To:* 'C&C List' >

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2015-09-02 Thread Jim Watts via CnC-List
heater. > > You may want to change your AC wiring to do this. > Joe > > Coquina > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Ron > Ricci via CnC-List > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2015 1:41 PM > *To:* 'C&C List

Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-09-02 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
' Cc: Ron Ricci Subject: Re: Stus-List Hot water tank My boat has a combination 120 VAC 1.5 kW electric/engine coolant hot water heater. It holds 6 gallons of fresh water. For grins, I tried it on the battery/inverter and it drew 117 amps DC. This is consistent with the unit’s rating

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2015-09-02 Thread Ron Ricci via CnC-List
My boat has a combination 120 VAC 1.5 kW electric/engine coolant hot water heater. It holds 6 gallons of fresh water. For grins, I tried it on the battery/inverter and it drew 117 amps DC. This is consistent with the unit’s rating as the battery voltage dropped below 12 VDC when tried. Since

Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-09-02 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List Hot water tank I did some rough math and it looks like you'll need ~38Ahrs of power for a 15 minute shower. Your inverter will be drawing 150amps through the supply wires and your alternator would have to recharge that amount. With the stock alter

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2015-09-02 Thread Robert Boyer via CnC-List
...and a sun shower works great and doesn't use any electrical energy! Bob Sent from my iPhone, Bob Boyer > On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Mitchell's via CnC-List > wrote: > > I am still chuckling with all the math you guys are doing. The big question I > have is: where will you store your spi

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2015-09-02 Thread Mitchell's via CnC-List
I am still chuckling with all the math you guys are doing. The big question I have is: where will you store your spinnaker(s) if you start using your shower? Haha can you tell I sail in fresh water! Len Sent from my mobile device. ___ Email address:

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2015-09-02 Thread Petar Horvatic via CnC-List
Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 10:38 AM To: C&C List Cc: Josh Muckley Subject: Re: Stus-List Hot water tank I did some rough math and it looks like you'll need ~38Ahrs of power for a 15 minute shower. Your inverter will be drawing 150amps through the

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2015-09-02 Thread Edd Schillay via CnC-List
Josh, I did buy the upgraded alternator with the Beta Engine (120amp). The idea was that, if needed, a warm shower could be taken and my wife could use her hair dryer if the engine is running. These would be rare circumstances though since when we do extended cruises, we like to be dockside.

Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-09-02 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
I did some rough math and it looks like you'll need ~38Ahrs of power for a 15 minute shower. Your inverter will be drawing 150amps through the supply wires and your alternator would have to recharge that amount. With the stock alternator (35amps) it would take over and hour. I do think I remembe

Re: Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-08-31 Thread Edd Schillay via CnC-List
My hot water tank was failing as well and I’m in the middle of putting in a replacement — the hard part was getting the old one out of the tight space under the galley. I decided to go with an on-demand water heater which will either be powered by shore power or an inverter (2000W) while the e

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2015-08-30 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
In most of the little hot water tanks the anode is part of the hot water outlet nipple. Follow the link for pictures of the tank rebuild I did. https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1ydEpoMU1MWmx6Qms/edit Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Aug 30, 2015 10:26 AM, "phorv

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2015-08-30 Thread phorvati . via CnC-List
And make sure you have zinc anodes. Electrolysis will eat something. On Aug 29, 2015 8:51 PM, "Jim Watts via CnC-List" wrote: > Put a meter on it and read what kind of voltage you are getting. 110V AC > does not generally give little shocks. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victo

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2015-08-30 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
Stray current from the marina? Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Aug 29, 2015 7:15 PM, "Michael Crombie via CnC-List" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I'm working my way down my project list and finally got to my hot water > tank. The PO just told me that it didn't work.

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2015-08-29 Thread Jim Watts via CnC-List
Put a meter on it and read what kind of voltage you are getting. 110V AC does not generally give little shocks. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 29 August 2015 at 16:15, Michael Crombie via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I'm working my way down my project list

Stus-List Hot water tank

2015-08-29 Thread Michael Crombie via CnC-List
I'm working my way down my project list and finally got to my hot water tank. The PO just told me that it didn't work. I was getting 120V at the heating element so I checked the element and it was fried. I installed a new element and turned it on for a test. Got hot water after about 10 min