Date:         Tue, 2 Jan 2007 10:06:02 -0600
Reply-To:     Sam Stone <svs3@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Sam Stone <svs3@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: AC/DC and I'm not talking sex...
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I'd get a copy of Nigel Calder's Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical
Manual; the third edition is the most up to date. Don't let the title
fool you most of what he has to say on the subject is as applicable to
RVs and Westys as it is to boats. This really pretty much considered the
bible of on the subject by experienced cruisers and sailors. The author
has probably 100,000 nm of bluewater sailing under his keel, decades of
experience, and is considered one of the true experts in the field by
most. This is very serious and dense book. No fluff or meaningless
filler here.

Good Luck,
Sam

 Kim Brennan wrote:
> There have been quite a few threads over the years regarding AC
> converters and attempts to run microwaves, or whatever off the
> auxillary battery. Overall, the general consensus is, if you want
> that type of power get a small Honda generator (i.e. a quiet generator).
>
> Periodically, Dennis, or someone else puts in how the large RVs do it
> (series of golf cart batteries.
>
> Okay. Fine.
>
> What I'd like is an autostart generator (but quiet like the Hondas)
> that will sense when my auxillary battery is getting low and
> automatically start up to recharge it....and then, when it is
> charged, shut down. Called it a hybrid generator. :)
>
> Okay, I'm likely dreaming that this small generator would be portable
> and self starting (with appropriate signal capability.) It's Friday
> somewhere, right? (Well, New Year's Day, at least somewhere....)
>