[PUP] PPM Electrical generation & storage

[Ross Anderson]

I see little reason to have a gen set unless you are opting for
electric stoves etc which I think are very inefficient. I prefer using
the pony motor (aux. power) as a charging method for the battery bank
with a large alternator, which ever battery technology you prefer, and
inverters for the electrical output. I find propane better for cooking
and you don't need a noisy genset running all the time while on the
hook. God Bless - Ross

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Bob Frenier <frenier at hughes.net> wrote:
> Gentlemen, can we carry on with the PPM discussion, please? I care not
> whether a PPM will emerge; it has been educational and entertaining  reading
> the
>
> thoughts and opinions of listees. Good to have this list active again
>
> Regards,
>
> John
> "Seahorse"
>
>
>
> I still love the PPM discussion, too. Here's a potentially arousing thread:
> How are we going to generate and store electrical power on the PPM?
>
>
>
> In the past, Arild has advocated (persuasively, to me) using a DC genset and
> maybe making that big enough to serve as a good wing engine. That advice
> seems even more persuasive when we consider that new Thin Plate Pure Lead
> ("TPPL") battery technology claims to be able to charge the battery with
> considerably more speed than an ordinary AGM unit. A good starter question,
> then, might be: how fast can a big TPPL bank be charged from how deep a
> discharge? And does the answer to that mean we could have some truly BIG
> alternators on that wing engine to do the job?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Frenier
>
> Bob Frenier
>
> Chelsea, VT
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