5...@12v for 30 minutes, so about 25AH @ 12V per day. Now that I am further south and the days are longer I always have this much excess solar. Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Hot water heater
> > > Lee, have you any idea of the 12 volt amphours the heater uses on a daily > basis? > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Lee Haefele <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Date: 3/22/2009 7:07:59 AM >> Subject: [Liveaboard] Hot water heater >> >> I have been very successful heating hot water with 120V inverter power > from >> battery, restored by excess solar power. >> I changed the element in my junky 10.5 gallon Atwood water heater to a > 2000 >> Watt/240V, at 120V this is just 500 Watts. This does not overload my > 1700W >> inverter or wiring. Anyway, what I found was that 1/2 hour a day of > heating >> gives me hot shower water. A smaller tank would take less time and a > more >> insulated tank (Mine has 1/2" fiberglass insulation) might hold this for > 2 >> days. Adding up the BTU input does not give these figures, there must be >> some carry over day to day. I use a 1 hour home depot bath fan timer so >> that I don't forget to turn it off. >> Lee Haefele >> Leopard 38 Alesto 2 >> moored at Jalousie, St Lucia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.22/2015 - Release Date: 03/20/09 19:01:00 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
