Hi, new poster and long time cruiser for months at a time but we are about to jump into the
liveaboard pool.
We
sold the
sail boat due to her smallish size and have had our offer accepted on a
trawler with all the bells and whistles apart fro a/c which we dont see as a requirement and apparently it does have all the requirements onboard to run the large 240v 2 door
fridge freezer with icemaker, kettle, toester, microwave, TV via an 8KVA
diesel Genset to a
Victron Phoenix
charger to a bank of 6 x 200ah
AGM batteries and then a 3500W
inverter .
It does have another smaller 240v bar
fridge and same size
freezer as well, but I am not sure if these can be run at the same time. I am thinking as the
food supplies run down, the big fridge would be shut down and the smaller fridge freezer may come into play, though they may well use as much or more than the big fridge.
It has additional niceties like 240v washer and dryer but I would have to assume they would only be run while the genset is running.
All lights, toilets, pumps are 12volt or 24volt (The huge
anchor windlass is 24volt as are the 200gph
bilge pumps)
My question is, given as I have a huge expanse of unused flat roof space and i'd love to cut back considerably on genset use I am wanting to add some
solar.
I can currently get a deal 10 x 250 watt
panels which would probably be a good start but what else would I need in addition to that?
I know the answers have most likely already been answered, but an hour or so of googling hasnt given me an obvious solution as it mostly seems to be grid tied solutions or smaller 12 v systems I am finding.
add: I am reading this thread now
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...or-168214.html
As the
boat comes out of the
water soon for
survey, I would like to gett
solar sorted at the same time, so time is relatively short for extensive
research so any help would be appreciated
Thanks
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