Bill,
Touche' has a Xantrex 1000 watt inverter installed and wired to the boat's
receptacles through a "Shore-Off-Gen" switch. The light strings were some I'd
had for years and were all incandescent bulbs drawing about 0.6 amps per
string. That's about 72 watts each (0.6 amps x 120 volts AC). There were 8
strings in all. The calculated current draw was 72 watts x 8 strings = 576
watts. The snowflake was purchased this year and was all LED lights. Its draw
would be another 7 watts.
When we fired everything up, the inverter was showing an actual current of
470-480 watts. During the parade we had to occasionally put the drive train in
neutral and rev the engine to generate enough current to maintain the batteries
above 12 volts DC without catching the boat ahead of us. LED lights would have
drawn much less total current.
A couple of the other boats had portable generators on deck.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: "wwadjo...@aol.com" <wwadjo...@aol.com>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 7:41 AM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Touche' wins Mandeville Christmas boat parade
>
>
>Details on the power source. Generator?
>
>Bill Walker
>Evening Star
>36
>Pentwater, Mi.
>
>
>----- Reply message -----
>From: "djhaug...@juno.com" <djhaug...@juno.com>
>To: <capt...@yahoo.com>, <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>Subject: Stus-List Touche' wins Mandeville Christmas boat parade
>Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 8:02 am
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>
>
>Congrats!!! Would love some pics!
>
>Danny
>
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com>
>To: Cn Clist <CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
>Subject: Stus-List Touche' wins Mandeville Christmas boat parade
>Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 17:38:43 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>The admiral and I spent Saturday afternoon hoisting icicle light strings to
>form the outline of a Christmas tree in the foretriangle of Touche'. Put a
>big lighted snowflake on top. The tree top was about 3/4 way to the
>masthead. Six crisscrossing strands of more icicle lights made like strands
>of tinsel draped back and forth between the light strings forming the outline
>of the tree.
>
>The evening was perfect. Almost no wind, absolutely flat water, temp in the
>low 60's. Around dark, immediately after Mandeville's holiday parade on the
>lakefornt, we joined 6 other boats and paraded back and forth off the
>lakefront. We could see lots of people wandering the lakefront. Lots of
>flashbulbs from the crowd. The mayor judged the entrants. Touche' got first
>prize. YAY!
>
>Pics on request. :)
>
>Happy Holidays, everyone!!
>
>Dennis C.
>Touche' 35-1 #83
>Mandeville, LA
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