Starlight generator

As one of the world ’ s toughest sporting events, the Volvo Ocean Race is a nine-month endurance contest that covers 45,000 nautical miles. Not only are the crews put to the ultimate test of man-versus-nature, but the Volvo Ocean 65 yachts also face an extreme challenge. As the next – and most difficult – leg of the race begins, from New Zealand to Brazil, Volvo Penta ’ s technical support engineer, Johannes Karlsson, has been giving the D2-75 engines a full service to ensure they can withstand any eventuality. “ This is a very tough race, but the D2-75 has proven to be robust and reliable as expected, ” says Karlsson. “ The engine has done what it is supposed to do, even in extreme conditions. ” Harshest conditions of the race Leg 7, from Auckland to Itajaí, is regarded as the most difficult and definitive section of the Volvo Ocean Race. As the longest leg, covering 7,600 nautical miles, the teams will face the harshest conditions as they cross the Southern Ocean near t...

There are going to be many times when the sun isn ’ t shining, the wind isn ’ t blowing and your batteries are low. The only choice you might have is to charge your batteries using your fossil fueled generator. As you may already know, there is not a more expensive method of battery charging than using a 120/240 volt 60hz (230 volt 50hz) AC fossil fueled generator. There are 3 ways to charge your battery bank and they are listed below in order of best to worst (most efficient to least efficient) methods of charging your battery bank. Most efficient just means you get more kWhs per dollar spent (or liter of fossil fuel consumed).     Ideally you would have enough solar, wind or micro-hydro power (but that can be almost impossible in some climates).     The second best would be a DC generator made from a fossil fueled engine and 3 phase alternator that is rectified to DC.     Using an off-the-shelf or industrial...