A word about the lights. We used to run mostly 240v lights - the usual domestic. And it takes 11 watts of leccy to run Ivor to invert Bella's 12v to 240. And each energy saving 240v bulb of 5w would add up to three lights at total 26w. Our new lights work on 12v and are 1.5w of lovely LED brightness. So no Ivor drops 11w out of the leccy use immediately. We could light 17 LED downlighters and still not equal 3 domestic lamps.
Wow. Happy boaters!
The bottom line is significantly less diesel to run the engine to top up the batteries to give us electricity. When we were moored in Braunston for nearly all of this last week, we only ran Belladonk 2 hours all week. Previously we would have run it 3 hours each day. Each day (!). Mind you, the extra domestic battery and the new battery charging monitor have certainly added to this fuel saving! That's 2 fuel hours in six days, not 18.
And with them lit we have wonderful atmosphere all over Bella, not just a few mid level pools of light. If we could get better photos at night, we'd show you. Perhaps you'll just have to visit!
