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Originally Posted by Formula 357 (Post 3859241)

I have a 357 there is plenty of room for a gen install I front of engines only will make port water pump a little tight for service. I do t have a gen but am a marine technician and have installed dozens. I boat up on the Lake Erie islands lots of beach time and time with no shore power I rum 4 group 31 agm batteries and have no problem if I was you I would just install an big inverter or a 12v AC. Any question feel free to give me a shout leav a voicemail if I do t answer 419 6564882

Thanks. If I do the install I would definitely take you up on that.
I have a 4200 start/spike inverter that runs at a 100% duty cycle of 1600 watts. I don't think that would get me through the night with just the AC unless it would run at low enough amps. Our crews, at work, who need 2000 watts have run this same inverter on two deep cycle batts and they could not get more than 4 hours out of them. Once I see what this unit would pull I can check the draw time to know how many batts for the amp/hr rating and know if it is doable.

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Originally Posted by JordanFTW (Post 3858885)

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Are those bilge heaters?

I think what you are asking about are the two 80amp battery chargers. These are separate from the Pro Marine charger that I use for the 2 house batteries.
The stereo runs on its own system. The chargers keep the battery bank of 4 batteries charged while the generator provides power for the chargers.

The little boat is a 223. I see speeds of 56-58 with the 357.