Jim wrote: > Lee Haefele wrote: > >> There are 12V elements, I think $100-200 buys a 12V/120V combo element. >> A 1500W/120V element, original equipment in a lot of marine water >> heaters, is ~10 ohms. At 72 volts this would be 7 amps X 72V or about >> 500Watts, at 48 V it is 48VX4.8A or about 250 Watts. The resistance >> may change slightly with temperature/voltage. Either would work. You >> might be able to find a 2000W/120V/~8ohm element. >> > Not many of us have 250 watts of solar available. Even if you add wind, > you can't be guaranteed of having 250 watts available. Does anyone know > the duty cycle of the hot water heater? I suspect it is fairly low if > you don't use much hot water. > > Jim. > ___ Objection! Asked and answered.
Never mind. I should have read all my mail before responding. Shame on me. Jim. _______________________________________________ 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
