volts and amps

Brownout

Joined Jan 10, 2012
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Remember we're talking about very small boats here. Not much room for a bank of batteries, and a gas engine is out of the question. But running on a genny isn't as inefficient as you might be thinking. It has an 'eco' mode and can run 9 hours on a single gallon of gas. If I were just using the battery, I'd have to fire up the genny to charge it up between runs anyway.

I still run the battery most of the time. It's hard to beat quietly zipping along with no motor noise at all. I'm experimenting with the genny for longer voyages.
 
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