Dustin.In.DC
New Member
My Kohler genny is toast and there are no options available currently with Westerbeke backordered 4 months and I don't really want to spend 13k on a generator.
I am pretty a handy do it your selfer and I would like to run a shore power connection to the anchor box and have a portable genny located on the bow with the exhaust directed forward to have it completely out of the way and mitigate any CO issues. I want to prevent having a cord running down the side of the boat from my transom locker, that's the goal here.
It could be as simple as running an entire cord through the hull from the transom locker to the anchor locker but the end connectors would require some large openings to get it through there.
Do I really need to install an inlet in the anchor box or could I remove the female end of a cord and use a switch panel of some sort to splice in where the original shore power connects? This would leave the male end of the shore power cord in the anchor box thus eliminating the need for an inlet in theory.
How would you guys go about accomplishing having a genny located on the bow without having a cord running from the transom outside your vessel up to the bow?
I am pretty a handy do it your selfer and I would like to run a shore power connection to the anchor box and have a portable genny located on the bow with the exhaust directed forward to have it completely out of the way and mitigate any CO issues. I want to prevent having a cord running down the side of the boat from my transom locker, that's the goal here.
It could be as simple as running an entire cord through the hull from the transom locker to the anchor locker but the end connectors would require some large openings to get it through there.
Do I really need to install an inlet in the anchor box or could I remove the female end of a cord and use a switch panel of some sort to splice in where the original shore power connects? This would leave the male end of the shore power cord in the anchor box thus eliminating the need for an inlet in theory.
How would you guys go about accomplishing having a genny located on the bow without having a cord running from the transom outside your vessel up to the bow?