Generator Battery

I would not put the genny with the house bat. If you drain that bat bank; no generator. Bad problem! A generator will not drain a battery so you should never have an issue with genny draining a battery. Keep the genny with the port engine. This will allow you to start your genny even if you drain the house bat. Once you start the genny it can charge all your batteries through the battery charger.

Also, A few members have chimed in saying that when you are anchored you can run your electrical from your DC system. I beleive that if you have a genny why would you not use it... I run my genny everytime I go out and when I do an over nighter that thing runs all weekend 48 to 72 hours non stop. I know gas prices are up, but my Westerbreak (jajajaja) runs at 1800 RPM an burns very little fuel (about 8 hours per gallon = about $35 in fuel for a 48 hour run at $5.20/gal).

I live in Miami so having that A/C going and knowing my batteries are being charged is why I have the genny.
 
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I agree with most of what you're saying, but I've never seen any genny that burns 1/8 gal of fuel per hour.
 
I could be wrong, but thats what I have calculated. What r u burning?
 
390x got me thinking so I did some research and found I am not too far off with my calculation. My 4.5kw genny runs about .6 gallons/ hour on a full load of 38amps and .32gph on half load. This seldom happens so I am about right. If am off its not by much.
 
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