batteries in place of generator

[Wilhelmus Schreurs]

Ryan:
Is that the sign of old age LOL.

Maybe Dorn would be better off with a smaller generator, 12.5kw is overkill, I
have not been able to put 80% load as it should have, but in my case I will once
I start to travel full time, as my wife is a potter and we will be plugging that
in from time to time, 30 amps 240 volts.
I would think a 6 kw would be plenty, even to run 2 A/C at the same time, and
some load management on the rest.

Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
Terrace, B.C. Canada


----- Original Message ----
From: Ryan Wright
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:59:05 PM
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: batteries in place of generator













On 12/18/07, Wilhelmus Schreurs wrote:

>

> Ryan:

> 1500 amp alternator?? are you sure.

> That would be huge, how would that fit inside the engine compartment?



Hah! I'm an idiot. I remembered wrong. I did some searching to find

whose coach I was thinking of. Turns out it's Jay Darst's, and I mixed

up amps and dollars in my poor excuse for a memory. It was a $1500,

320 amp alternator, not 1500 amps. I was right about remembering it

being hideously expensive, though.



From Jay's post earlier this year:



> we installed a $1,500 320amp alternator which provides sufficient

> power to the inverter to run an a/c unit.



OK, so yes, this is making more sense to me (and probably everyone else) now.



I still think Dorn would be money ahead to fix his genset. Going down

this road the numbers look like $1500 for an alternator, couple grand

worth of batteries, another grand worth of inverter, more for cables

and connectors to tie all that power together... Aren't we approaching

the price of a new Onan now?



-Ryan, going senile wayyyy too early.

'86 PT-40 8V92 (I think...)












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