cavelamb wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
cavelamb wrote:
I wish there were a way to add a compressor to the genset.
It is water cooled, and very quiet, but it's pretty much a sealed up unit.
What brand / model? Link?
Fischer Panda® 4.0-kW
http://www.fischerpanda.com/marine/ac_4200.htm
Will get you a brochure and engineering drawings
http://www.fischerpanda.com/Manuals/...n%20Manual.pdf
As you can see, it might be possible to add another pulley to the front end,
but there just isn't much room around the pack in the boat.
It's mounted in the starboard quarter under the cockpit seat.
To starboard it the hull, and to port is the aft cabin side wall.
Nice little unit. If you have about a foot of clearance in the front,
which it seems you would since that's where the connections are, I think
you could pull it off. small offset and an electric clutch on the
compressor. Need to of course plumb in the fresh air intake from topside
too.
Maybe - I'll take a peek first chance I get.
I haven't had the cover off of it.
It would need to have a now cover made for it to include any additions.
I think you could just make the compressor mounting plate replace a
section of the cover in front so with a cutout the existing cover could
drop in place. The pic on their custom generator page looks like it has
a hydraulic pump hanging off the front outside the sound enclosure. I'd
think the same type of setup with the mounting plate having the
compressor on the outside and the electric clutch pulley on the inside.
and it has to come out through the cockpit seat hatch.
That's the only way in or out.
It would be real nice to have compressed air available.
BTW, what is the minimum pressure required for a single hose SCUBA
regulator. I seem to recall that a minimum pressure was required.
140 PSI is the normal pressure feeding the second stage for normal
diving. You can get away with less if you aren't going very deep. One of
the little 5 or 10 gal portable air tanks would make a good receiver
that you could fit wherever it's convenient. With an oil-less
compressor, low pressure and fresh air intake from a good location you
won't need anything exotic for filtering, just the basics.