Hello,
Just received some very disturbing information about the DC electrics of the Seventy 7.
It is common knowledge that the house bank is 24vDC, but the
engine banks are 12v
The N5.230 CRT John Deere is stock as a 24v starter but due to the fact that the vessel is a "production" line vessel with base standard
Volvo D4-180 that is 12v. The Lagoon production line does NOT allow the option for a 24v wire harness for the John Deere upgrade, so Lagoon has the N5.230 CR2 made to 12v at Nanni
Diesel in
France.
http://www.nannidiesel.com/downloads...%20CR2-ENG.pdf
I have been blessed to sail this wonderful planet for decades, and I have never navigated a sailboat or a
motor yacht that has a different voltage for the
engine and house bank... that is why we want redundancy when we are days from any port.
At a
price of €4,500,000 the very least they could do is honour my request for engine banks and house bank to have matching 24vDC voltage... not with this production line. You have a few options, and that is your only choice... hmmmm
House bank 24v, both engines 12v, and if you take the second
generator option... you have a total of 4 banks at 12v (anyone know of a mastervolt or
victron AC
charger with 4 outputs when you at port, and on Shore power)
Am I wrong to think that a sailboat engine
battery, and house bank being the same voltage when circumnavigating the globe for the comfort and
safety of redundancy and simplicity of
solar power set ups we put onboard, and trickle charge 12v
solar to keep the Gen
batteries ready to start, and
communications kit online at any time.
Perhaps this vessel production line is focused on "charter" use... this will be my home and I find it unbelievable that I would need pay further
money to
refit a brand new Lagoon at the time of
delivery, to be set up as my great grandfather taught me it should be, when redundancy is a sailors best friend at sea for all
electrical !!!
I am not happy right now, and questioning my choice !!
Alan