Washing Machines on board

[Yacht Breeze]

Thank You

Thanks to everyone who has responded. Your advice and comments are much appreciated.

There is general agreement on board Breeze that the Mk. 1 husband is, indeed, the preferred option as far as washing clothes and crockery are concerned. However the current model is now ageing, showing signs of wear and as for his leaking plumbing, well, we'll refrain from commenting.

Suffice it to say a younger, more modern, probably foreign mechanical replacement is overdue. Your advice as to the model is much appreciated.

 

[prv]

Find it and quote it, that's the thing to do.

Or find it and link to it.

Pete

 

[MBullock]

is anyone using a Washing Machine from an Invertor

Hi,
Our Genny has just gone bump and I'm deciding whether I *need* another or to go with an alternative power plan for the boat. One of the things we will be fitting in the near future is a washing machine. Just a plain bog std one from the nearest shop. So, is anyone running one from an Invertor, is so what's the max amp draw that you see whilst running it? I can see that most washing machines are quoted at ~1300W/240V but I presume that the most draw is just whilst they heat water and not for the entire cycle. If you have an idea of the typical amps drawn for a cycle that would be great !!

thanks, Malc

 

[Liz_I]

IIRC just for the heating cycle it's about 50Amps. That's for a 50° wash. We haven't done the maths for the whole cycle. We have a 2Kw inverter, 500Ah battery bank on 24v. The 120W solar panels cope with all but the heating cycle, so the engine is run to cover that.
We don't use the machine very much while we are away during the summer.