T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] DC Telecom Generator

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Re: [Electric Boats] DC Telecom Generator

Eric:

Yep, It's hard to beat the versitility of a Honda 2000 onboard an electric boat. Especially when like me you like to be anchored and live on a mooring. Not only do I use it for bulk charging the 48 and 12 volt battery bank and use it via the battery charger for propulsion on windlass days. But, also I don't have to move to a dock to use power tools for onboard projects and of course use the ice maker for those needed sundown boat drinks.<g>
Still a 30 amp DC generator that weighs 50 pounds is something I would also consider having onboard too. It should allow a little more speed when cruising under electric propulsion and also act as a backup for the Honda. Having choices and a backup generator for those of us who like to cruise and don't live on a dock makes me very interested in this telcom generator. I would not rush out to buy it personally right now since the Honda meets my needs. But, those who are on their way to an electric conversion might want to take a look at this unit before buying something like the Honda for their install.

Mike

http://biankablog.blogspot.com

From: Eric <ewdysar@yahoo.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:43:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] DC Telecom Generator

At a total weight of 50 pounds, I seriously doubt the described generator is self starting, if that is what you mean by cutting on via an external monitor. I wouldn't expect any controls that are more sophisticated than what the Honda generators provide in their 120v AC versions.

For me, size, weight and output are higher priorities than cost. Available wattage is the important factor, amps and volts can be adjusted as needed fairly easily. Like another response in this thread, the 120v AC generator may be more useful due to it's applicability to other tasks, especially if there is an appropriately sized, sophisticated charger already on board.

Fair winds,
Eric

--- In electricboats@ yahoogroups. com, James Sizemore <james@...> wrote:
>
> I would also be interested in a reasonable priced DC generator in the
> 48v range. Did they have any battery monitoring circuitry built in?
> Or where they cut on and off via an external monitor?
>
>
> On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:12 PM, marselectric1 wrote:
>
> > I just got back from the Canton Fair in China where I found a
> > supplier of Gasoline DC Telecom Generators. There is one that looks
> > like a Honda Portable Inverter Generator. The unit is rated at 1.6
> > kw, weighs 50 pounds, and it looks to be very quiet (variable speed
> > type). The output is 52.5 VDC at 30.5 Amps....
> >
> > John Fiorenza
> > Mars Electric LLC
> >
> >
>