[C38] Invertors

[Les]

get a double double ganged circuit breaker, and a controll bar.
The control bar can only be moved when both sets of double breakers are
off.  When one set is on, they hold the bar across the other, keeping
them off.  

Make sure your shorepower battery charger is on ONLY the shore power
side of the power line breaker and supplied with its own breaker.

Most of the commercially power panels support this, but the original
Catalina system did not have this option.  Maybe a small AC panel could
be added to support this capability.

Regards,
Les H
On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 14:44 -0500, Charles wrote:
> I have an Aims 2500 watt inverter that I have been using for the past 
> two years with no problem.  I paid about $240 for it and installed it in 
> under the drawer (under the sink), so it would be very close to my 
> battery bank.  Aims does not have the reputation in the sailing world 
> that Xantrex has, but at the time an equivalent Xantrex was 
> substantially more!   This inverter ran at least 12 hours a day for 2 
> 1/2 months last summer as I cruised the Great Lakes charging laptops, 
> cellphones, powertools, etc.   With 195 watts of solar and a 400 watt 
> wind generator, I had all the electricity I needed.  I will be 
> installing a small microwave this summer and this inverter has no 
> problem supporting this option.
> Now for my confession.  I rigged a double male electric jumper cord that 
> I store with my shore power cord.  When I am on the water, I simply plug 
> the inverter into the AC power system (keeping the main breaker switch 
> off and being sure to turn off the water heater and shore charger).  My 
> shore power cord is tied and stowed with a large note telling me to 
> uninstall the jumper cord before untying the shore cable.  I am out for 
> days and this works great, but I don't see it as a good solution.  Too 
> many places where I could forget and too complicated for someone not 
> familiar with the boat.   Any ideas out there?
> 
> Charles Finn
> Mighty Quinn #114
> Great Lakes
> 
> Max Soto wrote:
> > I´m using a Xantrex Heart inverter/charger hooked up to the AC system, 
> > it is almost 10 years old and has worked flawlessly.It is only 750w, 
> > so I bought another Xantrex 1500w without charger that is directly 
> > hooked up for my microwave only. The freedom series are supposed to be 
> > a great option.
> > If I have to replace them, I'll go for xantrex again, that's for sure!!
> > Hope this helps,
> >  
> > Max
> >
> >  
> > 2009/1/22, PAUL NOTTE <panotte at shaw.ca <mailto:panotte at shaw.ca>>:
> >
> >     Hi All :
> >       Iam going to buy an invertor for Impulse in the 2 to 3 thousand
> >     watt range ,any input from any one would be appreciated as I am
> >     suffering from info overload and a great fear of making the wrong
> >     choice.
> >      
> >        Paul
> >
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