Lee, have you any idea of the 12 volt amphours the heater uses on a daily basis?
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Lee Haefele <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Date: 3/22/2009 7:07:59 AM > Subject: [Liveaboard] Hot water heater > > I have been very successful heating hot water with 120V inverter power from > battery, restored by excess solar power. > I changed the element in my junky 10.5 gallon Atwood water heater to a 2000 > Watt/240V, at 120V this is just 500 Watts. This does not overload my 1700W > inverter or wiring. Anyway, what I found was that 1/2 hour a day of heating > gives me hot shower water. A smaller tank would take less time and a more > insulated tank (Mine has 1/2" fiberglass insulation) might hold this for 2 > days. Adding up the BTU input does not give these figures, there must be > some carry over day to day. I use a 1 hour home depot bath fan timer so > that I don't forget to turn it off. > Lee Haefele > Leopard 38 Alesto 2 > moored at Jalousie, St Lucia > > _______________________________________________ > 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
