I do not know about you but I like hot showers. I like hot water to wash up with and sometimes, to save gas, I will fill the kettle with hot water before I boil it for coffee. Problem is that unless I am on shore power or running the motor then the hot water only lasts for a maximum of two days with no use and only one day if guests come and want showers. Guess who gets the cold one at the end?
I have done a lot of work to get us power independent, with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and a wind generator, but the idea of starting engines to have a warm shower seems very wasteful. We live in Queensland where there is an abundance of solar energy and we have solar hot water on our house so why not on the boat? Read More
