Thanks SF that was my gut feeling as I don’t have room for a genset and the drain on the battery would be pretty large.
Batteries not really a viable option unless you only want a kettle full of water. Good point from MartynG, what was the factory option for hot water?
Sounds feasible.
You could also add something like a Clayton power unit. You can plug your shore power lead into that for off grip use.
Have you discussed this with Ideal Boats, the importers? They have some good folk there who I’m sure will assist.
Just curious to know if you found a solution as am thinking of doing the same?
After looking at all the options we’ve gone for a 22ltr calorifier which we can “charge up” with shore power and will be fine for an overnight stay onboard. It gives us extra water capacity too as the 100ltr freshwater tank once you have showers loos and washbasins being used is a bonus reserve. Cheaper than swapping out the air only diesel heater for a combo water and air heater
Makes sense-am guessing you also need to swap out the taps and shower (for hot and cold feeds, and not just cold) as well as adding the hot water pipes. Are Ideal Boats doing all this for you?
You’d think so, but as far as I can tell so far it is not a factory option unfortunately…..bit strange!
I checked and you seem to be right! Very strange.