WITH THE FLIR AX8 THERMAL MONITORING SYSTEM

GAIN AN ENTIRELY NEW VIEW OF YOUR VESSEL’S MECHANICAL SYSTEM WITH THE NEW FLIR AX8 THERMAL MONITORING CAMERA AND RAYMARINE ES SERIES MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAYS. KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON SUCH CRITICAL EQUIPMENT AS ENGINES, EXHAUST MANIFOLDS, AND SHAFT BEARINGS AND SPOT PROBLEMS BEFORE

THEY LEAVE YOU STRANDED ON THE WATER.

If our generator fails, we need to be able to operate all 240V appliances including the watermaker and SCUBA compressor, and produce up to 8kW of power, without installing a second generator. This is essential were the main generator to fail and is also very useful for quick 240V loads like running the oven for 10 minutes without bothering to start the generator.

Light 240V loads, such as running a single HVAC while under way, is not an efficient use of the generator. While light loads generally aren’t ideal, our bigger concern is that running the generator 24/7 increases the maintenance frequency. Changing the oil and filter every 10 days is not where we want to be.

We to be able to connect to 50Hz or 60Hz and run all appliances without restriction and not have to start the generator. We wanted the ability to run all appliances regardless of draw, without any restriction, without having to run the generator, and with only a single shorepower

connection that might be as small as 10A at 240V, or 20A at 120V.

Boats are getting bigger and better equipped all the time and many marina shorepower systems are not up to the draw they are asked to deliver. It’s not unusual to see shorepower voltage drop down 20 percent below nominal line voltages.

Voltage sags can damage equipment, so we needed isolation to ensure that our equipment gets clean, voltage-stable power even when the shore-side system is sagging under the collective load.

If the 110V inverter fails and we’re not connected to 60Hz shorepower, we must start the generator to get 110V power. We also wanted a backup for a 110V inverter failure without plugging in or starting the generator.

Battery protection for shorepower loss: A big concern when leaving a