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Originally Posted by scook
You want to be REALLY careful with a gasoline burning unit onboard, both faith respect to CO fumes and fire hazard. Swim platform sounds like a pretty good place for one while it’s running.
If I wanted 120V power under way or small amounts when anchored, I’d use an inverter and my battery power. I have two batteries and would isolate one. If I needed a generator, I’d use it ashore or as far outside the perimeter of the boat as possible - much preferable to pollute the environment a little than to burn up the boat or my family.
If you decide to carry one I recommend that you keep the fuel turned off at the gas tank except when it’s actually running and make sure the fuel line and carburetor are in very good condition.
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Yes - absolutely good practice. I was just curious if I was the only V out there with a built in gen set - seems I may be.
Our initial placement and engineering was centered around efficient cooling and exhaust ducting (the most important concerns) - but we are addressing a ride issue that only occurs under the condition of solo operator under 200 lbs... adding tabs takes care of the problem; we were just curious if anyone else in the community had built-in sets and where they ended up installing them.
Our current setup is a 3.4k unit under the aft seating area to port as a partial offset to operator weight - sealed firewall compartment separates gen set from interior - fan assisted intake brings air from exterior through generator compartment and ducts cooling air and exhaust aft below the plane of the motor well... all-in-all an efficiently operating setup so far... still in testing though. We just wanted to see who else tackled this kind of a project. I tend to over-engineer things sometimes.
(Note: The why... our inverter will start the compressor for our climate control system - but the weight in batteries to use it even 1/2 an evening would have far exceeded the 100 lbs of our built in power station.
....aaaaaaaaand - we are known to take the "road less traveled" from time to time; the convenience of our own power station is extremely nice to have.
....aaaaaaaaand - I like to tinker. That's it. I think.)