Oh go ahead and cheer me up :-) The only units that will fit are the Entec and a Fisher Panda. I've heard from a couple of disgruntled FP owners too. Seems the little Farymann diesels which seem to be common to all small gennys may be an issue.
I hope I have better luck than you did. I've talked to a couple of Entec owners (references from Entec) who thought they were little jewels. One guy claimed over 5000 hours with no down time other than maintenance. My ideal would be NO genny. However, it is conceivable that I MAY want to run AC while on the hook and I'm sure there will be times when there is not enough sun for my solar panels to keep the batteries toped up. You pay your money, and you take your chances. Philip Lee Haefele wrote: > My Entec required repairs at 30 hour intervals. One repair involved > replacing the stator due to either salt splash or antifreeze leak in the > cooled generator part, it had both leaks. The direct vibration from the > 3600 rpm single cylinder engine was also a problem, could not sleep with it > on. > On the good side, factory support was excellent. But many repairs in my > ownership of 4 years and 300 hours. (starting at 100 hours from new) > Lee Haefele > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 9:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Anyone need a Westerbeke 8.5 BT genset. ..or > parts? > > >> >> Steve Weinstein wrote: >>> Just out of curiosity, Phil, what are you replacing it with? And what >>> kind >>> of boat was she installed in. >> The replacement genny will be an Entec 4.2kw unit. The choice is driven >> by the fact that generating unit is water cooled so the sound shield >> does not require cooling venting and the sound shield seems particularly >> well engineered. Oh, and it fits in the space available. >> >> The boat is a Tayana 52 center cockpit cutter. While the boat is >> largish, she has a comparatively small engine space comprised basically >> of the space under the cockpit sole. Into this space is crammed the >> propulsion engine, the generator, the refrigeration compressor, and a >> watermaker. I'm disposing of the watermaker and putting in a smaller >> genny to get more space. I'll also try to improve the spaces sound >> proofing which is pretty minimal. >> >>> I'm asking specifically 'cause I was curious about the noise level at >>> night >>> in a mooring field or anchorage. Did you get any complaints from >>> neighbors? >> Noise is the primary reason for the change. The old Westerbeast had no >> sound shielding at all and was unpleasantly loud. You had to be REALLY >> tired to be able to sleep in the aft cabin when the thing was running. >> Rum helped. Don't know if it was objectionable to other people. I >> probably couldn't hear them if they did complain. >> >> The only thing I have to have a genny to do is run AC when anchored so >> quiet is nice. The Entec genny's output is also sufficient to create the >> maximum output from my inverter\charger (140A @ 12V) so it will charge >> batteries well. What's more, if you screw up and really flatten the >> batteries, the Entec can be started by hand. >> >> Philip >> _______________________________________________ >> Liveaboard mailing list >> [email protected] >> To adjust your membership settings over the web >> http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >> To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ >> >> To search the archives >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1667 - Release Date: 9/11/2008 > 6:55 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
