Got the Juice?
Unless you’re truly hardcore—you eat gruel boiled on an alcohol stove, read Treasure Island under the dim amber glow of an oil lamp, perform your nightly ablutions with a bucket of cold sea water (and that’s when you’re at home!)—you enjoy the benefits of alternating current. I know I do. But without a really, really long yellow cord to keep the juice flowing when away from your slip, you need a genset. Sure, inverters are handy at times, but they just don’t make it as primary sources of 120-volt juice. The good news is, there’s a genset to fit almost any boat. The tricky bit is picking the right one, and a big part of that is deciding how many kilowatts you really need.
Most people invest in a genset to run the air conditioning while underway, but there’s always a use for 120
