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Electricity on board a yacht

Elite Woad Raider · 2019-09-02 09:07:22

Just wondering what you guys prefer to power electricity onboard a boat. I see most people on youtube have solar panels attached and they're now attaching small wind turbines. How do these fair against a fuel generator?

02-09-2019 10:07am

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Elite Woad Raider

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Just wondering what you guys prefer to power electricity onboard a boat. I see most people on youtube have solar panels attached and they're now attaching small wind turbines.

How do these fair against a fuel generator?

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#2 02-09-2019 11:08am

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Solar and wind power is grand for small things like charging a laptop and running led lights or as a trickle charge to batteries I don't quite feel we are there yet as to running a boat unless you have the space like the roof of a barge, running anything like a microwave through an inverter puts a big drain on your batteries so better to have your engine running or a generator.

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