On 17 Dec 2009, at 19:18, roger_millin wrote: > My feeling is that the alternators are too small for the > requirements placed upon them by modern boats with all mod cons. My > first boat, where I marinised my own engine, had only a 60A > alternator. That same alternator did a minimum of seven years and > may still be on the boat for all I know. However, it was a simple, > 12V boat with gas fridge, no Mikuni type heating, and no other power > hungry mod cons. > My two pennorth anyway.
Thanks Roger. I note that the next engine will have a 175 A domestic alternator, so in six years they've gone from the 90 A beast on Sanity to nearly three times that capacity. Looks like I'm lucky to have got the time I did out of the present kit, though my practice of never discharging below around 12.2 V if I can possibly help it may have something to do with it, I guess. All the best Bruce Follow the building of Sanity Again at http://sanityagain.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
