Captain Starbucks
Member
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2011
- Messages
- 118
- Reaction score
- 7
- C Dory Year
- 2009
- C Dory Model
- 255 Tomcat
- Vessel Name
- DOUBLE BARREL
I installed a Victron 1200 watt inverter on my 2009 TomCat next to my 100 AH house battery (underneath the livewell) with 4ga cable. This inverted power runs through 10 ga cable to a SHORE-OFF-INVERTER switch. This way, I can use the inverted power to power my entire grid.
The catch was figuring out what heating element to choose. I couldn't find a 750 watt. Math dictates that would be the best choice for this install. So, I used a 240VAC 3,000 watt element (19.2 ohms driven by 120 VAC = 750 watts). The boat came with a 1,500 watt element.
The water heater in my boat accepts standard house size elements.
The run time calculator takes 6 gallons of 65 degree F water to 120F in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
I couldn't justify buying and bringing another generator when my boat already had 2x25 amp 150hp generators on it.
My boat has 1 lead start battery, 1x100ah house battery, and 3x65ah 12/36 volt (series/ parallel optioned) bank trolling batteries.
Another reason for the inverter i chose is my vacuum bagger uses about 1,000 watts.
The inverter talks to my Victron Cerbo GX brain which also precisely shows my fuel and water tank levels, as well as shows, alarms, and tracks my bilge pumps through a pair of optocouplers. This information is on display through a Victron dedicated display on the helm.
The catch was figuring out what heating element to choose. I couldn't find a 750 watt. Math dictates that would be the best choice for this install. So, I used a 240VAC 3,000 watt element (19.2 ohms driven by 120 VAC = 750 watts). The boat came with a 1,500 watt element.
The water heater in my boat accepts standard house size elements.
The run time calculator takes 6 gallons of 65 degree F water to 120F in 1 hour and 20 minutes.
I couldn't justify buying and bringing another generator when my boat already had 2x25 amp 150hp generators on it.
My boat has 1 lead start battery, 1x100ah house battery, and 3x65ah 12/36 volt (series/ parallel optioned) bank trolling batteries.
Another reason for the inverter i chose is my vacuum bagger uses about 1,000 watts.
The inverter talks to my Victron Cerbo GX brain which also precisely shows my fuel and water tank levels, as well as shows, alarms, and tracks my bilge pumps through a pair of optocouplers. This information is on display through a Victron dedicated display on the helm.