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Tomgunn
Happy Easter to all! ?


My friend's escaped Ewell, due to where we are today, and staying on his narrow boat he's owned for decades and is spending most of his time, apart from the beer, doing lot's of repairs.


Now, what's missing from his ship is... a washing machine. The thing is, the power supply, to that area of narrow boat ships', is somewhat low so, I suggested about an 'inverter'. He said that some of those ships have installed 'inverters' BUT, they have to have lot's of heavy duty batteries.


Can an inverter be run off of the mains'?  I guess that that may be a stupid question as the inverters' that I have run off of my car battery supplying 240v so, I KNOW how amazing you lot are and the wealth, (grovel, grovel), of information is unrivaled! 


So... he want's a 3K washing machine... can an inverter be worked, without lot's of batteries, to run this?


Thanks...


regards too, Tom


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    Once upon a time washing machines had hot and cold water supply connections, losing the hot connection and becoming cold fill only is something that some people blame on the a European Union, however the hot supply was only used when you set a wash at above sixty degrees as the machines could not blend the supplies to get to say thirty degrees, whereas it’s easy to start from cold and heat the water accurately to thirty degrees.


    If there is an adequate hot and cold water supply at a suitable pressure onboard ship and you can supply hot water to the washing machine at a preset temperature of say forty degrees the heater within the washing will not kick in and the current draw will be minimal.


    So if there is an instantaneous water heater onboard set the maximum temperature to forty degrees or fit a thermostatic mixing valve then fill the machine with hot water and don’t use the heater within the machine, unless the vessel is hooked up to the shore line.


    Best check the appliance manufacturers instructions as to the maximum fill temperature, this was however offered as an installation method for many dishwashers and is an option for installing a dishwasher in a boat or recreational vehicle.


    BUT DON’T SHRINK THE CAPTAINS GUERNSEY.


     Andy B.
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    Once upon a time washing machines had hot and cold water supply connections, losing the hot connection and becoming cold fill only is something that some people blame on the a European Union, however the hot supply was only used when you set a wash at above sixty degrees as the machines could not blend the supplies to get to say thirty degrees, whereas it’s easy to start from cold and heat the water accurately to thirty degrees.


    If there is an adequate hot and cold water supply at a suitable pressure onboard ship and you can supply hot water to the washing machine at a preset temperature of say forty degrees the heater within the washing will not kick in and the current draw will be minimal.


    So if there is an instantaneous water heater onboard set the maximum temperature to forty degrees or fit a thermostatic mixing valve then fill the machine with hot water and don’t use the heater within the machine, unless the vessel is hooked up to the shore line.


    Best check the appliance manufacturers instructions as to the maximum fill temperature, this was however offered as an installation method for many dishwashers and is an option for installing a dishwasher in a boat or recreational vehicle.


    BUT DON’T SHRINK THE CAPTAINS GUERNSEY.


     Andy B.
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