mbianka

You seem willing to discuss various aspects of electric propulsion. I don't wish to monopolize your time. I just don't know where to go from here.

How much gasoline do you carry and how do you carry it? Isn't diesel safer? That is my main concern - that it is explosive. I can isolate a one gallon tank for the dingy but many gallons sloshing about in a large tank spooks me. I changed 90 gallons of gasoline in bilge tanks to diesel and felt very much better when cooking dinner.

Are you saying a diesel generator would be more susceptible to rusting out than a gasoline generator? If I didn't need or want refrigeration or other high use electrical devices, how low of wattage would you think I'd need to push the boat at a reasonable speed, say 4 knots continuous? ...and batteries.

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