On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:43:59 GMT, richardcasady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard
Casady)
wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:38:00 GMT, salty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:29:15 -0400, "Eisboch" <rce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> The used boat I am in the process of buying (34 Sabreliner Fast
Trawler) is
>>>not equipped with a genset. It is diesel powered.
>>>
>>>I really don't need a genset for most of my boating activities as I
usually
>>>stay on a slip when doing my limited cruising, but once in a while it's
fun
>>>to spend a night or two swinging on a mooring or anchored.
>>>
>>>I've searched around looking for information on the safety issues of
>>>carrying a small, ****table, gasoline generator on board for making
morning
>>>coffee or whatever. I have a little Honda EU-2000 Inverter type
generator
>>>that is small, light, quiet and completely self-contained. For my
needs, I
>>>could fuel it on the dock, and it would have enough gas to serve the
minimal
>>>morning coffee making needs for a week or more. No need to carry any
more
>>>gas containers.
>>>
>>>The references I've found are conflicting. Many do this and seem to
think
>>>it's fine as long as it is stored and operated above deck (cockpit
area).
>>>Other references state it should only be operated sitting on the dock
and
>>>never aboard the boat.
>>>
>>>The only disasters I've read about is when people have tried to
>>>"permanently" install a ****table generator by modifying it's enclosure,
fuel
>>>supply system or trying to tie the generator output into the boat's
>>>electrical panel.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any knowledge, experience or input? I can't really see
>>>anything wrong with it as long as it is stored properly and obviously
>>>operated in the open, so it is well vented and ventilated. I would not
tie
>>>it's power into the boat's electrical system. I'd just use an
appropriately
>>>sized power cord (extension cord) and plug the coffee maker directly
into
>>>the generator.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Eisboch
>>>
>>
>>All that for a coffee maker?
>>
>>Buy yourself a french press. Sometimes called a Bodum, because that's
who makes
>>most of them. It is simplicity itself, and makes a positively wonderful
cup of
>>coffee very quickly. You don't even need to buy filters. Just boil some
water.
>>Put a few scoops of ground coffee in the Bodum and add the boiling
water. Wait 4
>>minutes, then operate the press to separate the coffee from the grounds.
You may
>>like the coffee it makes so much you will want one at home, too.
>>
>>You can buy a nice Bodum for around $20 in the housewares secton of
department
>>stores such as Target, or any place with kitchen stuff. For that matter,
I'll
>>bet Google or Ebay would have lots of them listed.
>
>You need the same ammount of energy either way. You heat the same
>ammount of water either way, Depending on what you have for heat,
>there is the non electric perculator.
>
>Casady
???
To run a "coffee maker" you need electricity. Eisboch is conntemplating
carrying
a fairly hefty and ***bersome gasoline powered generator just to make
coffee
with an automatic coffee maker. To use a Bodum, you heat the water on the
stove,
which on most boats is not electric. A non-electric (or any) percolator
makes
about the worst coffee possible. I'd forego the coffee entirely if that
was my
alternative.
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