DC Battery Usage Chart

The power management webinars are available online

This is the latest -

This was one that was done earlier -

Also, since you asked about Webasto diesel heater maintenance, there is a fuel filter that should be inspected and changed inside the black box. It's discussed in this webinar around 52 minutes in.

 
Yes, see this link.


And Yes, the equipment is pretty much the same in all the Fluid Motion boats with a a few exceptions (and thus the same power use per item). The newer boats have different bilge pumps and the addition of electric grills, etc. which are not included in the webinar. In general, you can mostly ignore the low power items as they will not make much difference ( if the lights are LED don’t even worry about them), for continuous use the refrigerators are typically the biggest draw. The high draw items are the microwave, hot water, electric range, grill, and air conditioning (either hot or cold) and should be used only sporadically or under generator power unless you have a lithium battery setup.
 
How can I get the power management excel worksheet referred to in the Video?
 
How can I get the power management excel worksheet referred to in the Video?
 
How can I get the power management excel worksheet referred to in the Video?
 
I have a very detailed spreadsheet I've put together that covers the R27 NW and LE editions, the Channel Surfing edition, a Cutwater 30 and RT29 (and would probably work on an R31 as well). PM me your email and I can send it. It's an excel spreadsheet that looks like this. It's the spreadsheet I discuss in some of our YouTube videos. It's also what I used to determine our normal electrical usage which I then used to size my solar panels and my LFP Hosue battery bank.

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Let's talk about power management/ ON OUR RANGER TUG R27 OB "CHANNEL SURFING"​


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