Generator for Laggon 410

[svilagoon]

Hi to everybody:
New to this community and new to catamarans. We have plans to buy a used Lagoon 410 from the charter fleets in Tortola but as you all know they are not equip with a diesel generator to supply energy (4-5kw unit) for two A/C units. I took the port water hatch dimensions and it is very small. 18.5 in (wide) x 41.5 in (long). In my Google search no info.
Is there anybody with recommendations?

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, svilagoon

[djmarchand]

The NextGen 5.5 KW unit should fit. It is 23" long x 17' wide x 20" high, and dry weight is only 230 lbs.

The NextGen and is a 2,800 rpm light weight genset. Fine for casual use but for full time liveaboard use will not be as good as a Northern Lights. But a Northern Lights won't fit.

David

[svilagoon]

David, thank you for the advise.

[SkiprJohn]

Aloha and welcome aboard!
kind regards,

[SkiprJohn]

Are you certain you need a generator? Solar panels and a wind generator won't do?

[Sid at SailAway]

Originally Posted by SkiprJohn

Are you certain you need a generator? Solar panels and a wind generator won't do?

John, I believe he's trying to run two A/C units, thus the need for the genset.

[SkiprJohn]

Ok, that explains it.

[Rocketman]

Before going to the expence of a onboard gen set, make sure you really want one. When in the marina you have shore power, when at anchor, with solar and wind you would be able to power everything except AC. With a 2000 w honda generator you can run one AC unit and have backup power to charge batterys if needed. With my little honda I can run the AC, which I have done a grand total of one time on a hot July night, and then only because I wanted to see if it would do it. The problem with more equipment is everything becomes more complex and keeping everything running means more problems. It it were me, I would do everything possible to keep from adding a heavy, and expenisive dudad.