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COMING SOON - Onboard cooling

COMING SOON - Onboard cooling

In this look at the management of on-board refrigeration, the Excess Lab team will be asking you questions on energy-related topics.

We will try to understand your uses and your real needs in this area...see you soon!

 

Topic online on Tuesday, May 18th at midnight.

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Vicky
April 29, 2021
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Brimacthai
April 12, 2021
An necessary evil, most if not all of our cruising will be tropical and everyone needs to have a break from the heat and humidity from time to time.
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Thomas Cachera
April 8, 2021
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Interesting topic for tropical climates! In a perfect world, nobody wants a heavy genset and aircon system onboard. But reality comes into play when it's 35 degrees and 80% humidity and you still want to enjoy your multiple day cruise!
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Richard.Chasse
April 13, 2021
There is another solution. The INTEGREL SOLUTION. Similar cost to a generator, none of the weight
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Thomas Cachera
April 14, 2021
Integrel is interesting but if it was as perfect as they say, why would anyone still manufacture generators..? It may bring only part of the solution but as any product, has pros AND cons. Although worth investigating. Interesting topic indeed!
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Nick
May 1, 2021
The power ‘solution’ with most appeal to me is parallel hybrid. Redundancy, plus regen under sail with minimal incremental weight in shape of motor/generator. There’s a good explanation of the benefits here:
https://www.hybrid-marine.co.uk/index.php/hybrid-info/which-hybrid-is-best

This system with shaft driven feathering props on a beachable Excess would get my attention. Needs lithium 48v battery sized for 3-6 hours silent motoring or to run small standalone cabin aircon overnight. Lithium prices are now low enough that lithium parallel hybrid system is a realistic alternative to a generator.