Went out to the Sun Dragon Saturday to do a little work(take my bimini down, trace some wires for the radio, fix the potable pump, etc.) and lo and behold when I get there , no power; zip, zilch, nada. Started trouble shooting and figured out that idiot that I am, I left one of the keys on. Hmm, lets see 8 instruments at negligible power drain over a week = 2 dead batteries.
Cussed a little, sweated a lot, and then dug out my Sunsei Solar Charger and hooked it up; made sure everything was turned off and left. Went to Wallyworld and bought a 600 amp jumpstarter. Charged the jumpstarter overnight and went out to the boat the next morning.
Hooked up the jumpstarter and guess what....no joy. Didn't try hooking it up straight to the starter but going through both batteries on that beast that is the 350 Mercruiser, forget about it.
Went out yesterday to Gander Mountain and bought the Honda EU2000i genset. Let me tell you that if you decide to buy a generator you can't go wrong with this unit. It's the only generator I know of that you can actually stand next to within touching distance and hold a conversation. 54-59db. I did some research and found a HAM radio operator comment site with about 4 pages of reviews of this unit and most of the ratings were 5 out of 5. Supposedly extremely low RF noise and no power frequency, current or voltage fluctuations.
Probably going out to the boat today and hook it up to my shore power connection and charge up my batteries.
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