Ok let’s say I wanted to take all my solar and battery system out of the van and put it in a boat. What changes would I have to make .
Mine is legal so it has all the rite safety switches
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Re: Van to boat
First. Buy a boat.
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Re: Van to boat
Depends on the type of boat and then decide exactly what you want/need to power off the solar/battery system.
In my case the boat came with 12v powering all lights plus helm devices. (depth sounder, radios etc)
I decided to leave them as they were & just use the new solar/battery setup to power all 240V power points. (which previously were generator or shore powered.)
If it was on a 'being built' boat it'd be better going all powered by battery/inverter.
In my case the boat came with 12v powering all lights plus helm devices. (depth sounder, radios etc)
I decided to leave them as they were & just use the new solar/battery setup to power all 240V power points. (which previously were generator or shore powered.)
If it was on a 'being built' boat it'd be better going all powered by battery/inverter.
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Re: Van to boat
That is the hard bit eh Dibsy The rest is simply unbolting the stuff out of the van and bolting it into the boat, then get the 240vac connected by a sparkie and connect the 12v stuff using fuses as required.T1 Terry
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Re: Van to boat
Have you got the boat bug now??
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They create a hole in the water into which you pour money. 
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Re: Van to boat
Funny how people jump to conclusions . Those that don’t know me that is . And yes I do have a boat I Was talking to a guy last night discussing inverter power in a boat and the easiest way to ask was take it out of the van and put it in a boat .
No dot lost my boat bug when we had $50,000 drag boat break up .
Night all . Dibs
No dot lost my boat bug when we had $50,000 drag boat break up .
Night all . Dibs
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Re: Van to boat
But it gives some of us old farts something to ponder over.Dibsy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:14 pm Funny how people jump to conclusions . Those that don’t know me that is . And yes I do have a boat I Was talking to a guy last night discussing inverter power in a boat and the easiest way to ask was take it out of the van and put it in a boat .
No dot lost my boat bug when we had $50,000 drag boat break up .
Night all . Dibs
sshhhheeeeesh always someone wanting to take more away from us oldies 
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Re: Van to boat
?Dibsy wrote:Funny how people jump to conclusions .
As usual online, the responses are based on what's actually written.