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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20813 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Not only noise, but vibration from the blade type of wind generators.
We use a 30 amp multip stage charger with the honda generator for battery charging--not as pointed out the 8 amp output.
There are way too many practical considerations (such as mounting and limited output at low speeds) to make the wind generators paractical in a C Dory.
There are some cruising boats which have two wind generators and a number of solar cells, in the caribbean--were the wind is nearly constant in the 20 knot range, plus high sunlight capacity and these are barely supplying enough power to have full maintance. _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Doryman
Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 3807 City/Region: Anacortes
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Lori Ann
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: |
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thataway wrote: | There are some cruising boats which have two wind generators and a number of solar cells, in the caribbean--were the wind is nearly constant in the 20 knot range, plus high sunlight capacity and these are barely supplying enough power to have full maintance. |
OK, thanks Bob. Sounds like the benefits of a solar array and/or a wind generator are very minimal, and that running the Honda 2000i for a couple of hours in the morning is the most practical solution.
Warren _________________ Doryman
M/V Lori Ann
TomCat 255, Hull #55, 150 Yamahas
Anacortes, WA
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