Gas Co2 and LPG or propane sensers can and should be instald in boats with closed space that have the potental. A couple hundred dollars to save a life is cheep insurance.
Jon
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> James for me it a safety issue , no more than that .
> I've fished a friend out of the water , horribly burnt by a petrol explosion , and there are many many more happening all of the time.
> Thats what I see , thats why I joined the Coastguard .
> And I'm a volunteer , I don't see dollar signs , its not important.
> All I can do is remind people of what they are dealing with , and ask you all to give it a lot of thought .
> Please.
> Regards Rob J.
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> From: James Sizemore <james@...>
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] DC Telecom Generator
> To: electricboats@
> Received: Monday, 26 October, 2009, 12:31 PM
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> The talk point on these was the 1000 dollar price. The diesels are safer and last about twice as long but at 5 times the price. If you can even find a 48 volt DC at 5 times the price I would be surprised. I might be interested in a $5000 dollar diesel.
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> Why not source a diesel powered generator , and eliminate the risk of using a volatile liquid on a boat ?.
> Safety should be paramount , and petrol and LPG are inherently unsafe , on a boat.
> There are plenty of purpose built diesel powered marine generators on the market.
> Regards Rob J.
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> --- On Mon, 26/10/09, James Sizemore <james@...> wrote:
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> From: James Sizemore <james@...>
> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] DC Telecom Generator
> To: electricboats@ yahoogroups. com
> Received: Monday, 26 October, 2009, 7:17 AM
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> Because they were listed as "DC Telecom Generators" I assume they do self start to charge remote site battery packs, but if not it still would be a nice as an emergency power source incase of battery pack total failure.
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> 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.
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> --- In electricboats@ yahoogroups. com, James Sizemore <james@> wrote:
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> > 48v range. Did they have any battery monitoring circuitry built in?
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> > > 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....
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> > > John Fiorenza
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