ardeprint
Member
- Nov 1, 2010
- 688
- Boat Info
- 2003 Formular 40PC and a 185 SRX 2002
- Engines
- T Yanmar 440's with V-Drives / 4.3 Mercruiser with Alpha I
I would not put the genny with the house bat. If you drain that bat bank; no generator. Bad problem! A generator will not drain a battery so you should never have an issue with genny draining a battery. Keep the genny with the port engine. This will allow you to start your genny even if you drain the house bat. Once you start the genny it can charge all your batteries through the battery charger.
Also, A few members have chimed in saying that when you are anchored you can run your electrical from your DC system. I beleive that if you have a genny why would you not use it... I run my genny everytime I go out and when I do an over nighter that thing runs all weekend 48 to 72 hours non stop. I know gas prices are up, but my Westerbreak (jajajaja) runs at 1800 RPM an burns very little fuel (about 8 hours per gallon = about $35 in fuel for a 48 hour run at $5.20/gal).
I live in Miami so having that A/C going and knowing my batteries are being charged is why I have the genny.
Also, A few members have chimed in saying that when you are anchored you can run your electrical from your DC system. I beleive that if you have a genny why would you not use it... I run my genny everytime I go out and when I do an over nighter that thing runs all weekend 48 to 72 hours non stop. I know gas prices are up, but my Westerbreak (jajajaja) runs at 1800 RPM an burns very little fuel (about 8 hours per gallon = about $35 in fuel for a 48 hour run at $5.20/gal).
I live in Miami so having that A/C going and knowing my batteries are being charged is why I have the genny.
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