Generator

[Randall Riggs]

First off, I would like to thank you for adding me to your group. My wife and I purchased “Beluga”, hull #15, a few weeks ago in Galveston, Tx and we are now live aboards in Kemah ( well she is anyway while I’m stuck out in the oilfields of west Texas gathering the remaining funds for an extensive refit and cruising kitty !).

I would like to add a generator during the refit and am curious where do most people mount them ? How many Kw’s are really necessary ? The generator will be mainly used for a water maker and running the A/C’s on balmy summer nights. I do plan on having 600 watts of solar and a wind generator so hopefully daily battery tops will be very limited. Thanks again….

Randall Riggs
S/V Beluga

[Mark Oppe]

My advice would be to forget the water maker and AC, then you can forget the generator. Just use the solar and wind. Less complications and less pollution…..

Mark Oppe

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