The situation you are describing sounds more like dependability rather than practicality, to me. The question becomes, "Can I depend on the powerplant to work when I arrive after and a random-length absence?"
---In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <biankablog@...> wrote:
If your diesel is working I don't recommend converting if it was dead or dying it would be a different story. New systems and advances/price changes in batteries may come along in the meantime.
As far as charging during absences. My 10kw bank does fine with 120 watts of solar and a wind turbine. Don't really need to fire up the battery charger over the winter.
Capt. Mike
http://biankablog.blogspot.com
Good Day,
I'm in the thought process of an electric repower of my boat. Most everything says I should convert based on numbers. One of the considerations, absenteeism, just hasn't been addressed in the sources that I've utilized.
So here's the question, if an boat owner can't visit a boat for periods of time that could run up to two months on occasion coupled with more frequent absences lasting several weeks, is there a better battery choice to be made?
In another two years or so, I should hope to be able to pay much more (almost daily) and long periods of absenteeism would virtually be eliminated.
Should I wait to do the repower? I have a perfectly working diesel presently.
Thanks for your informed responses. John
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