A weekend with wind in your sails
| Application | 30-40 ft sailing yacht |
| Use | Weekends sailing; shore power not always available |
| Details | Average onboard facilities |
Sailing profile
You like to leave harbour on a Friday afternoon for a fantastic weekend of sailing. There is a good wind so the sails are quickly filled and the weather stays great for the entire weekend. Onboard, your Mastervolt system ensures that you do not have to worry about a thing.
Energy consumption
The basics
- Your navigation station includes GPS, plotter, wind meter, speedometer and depth gauge.
- You prefer optimum ease of operation; centrally located.
- Due to short cable lenghts, 12 volt has been selected.
System choice
A system with separate charger and inverter provides the highest flexibility and reliability. The charger will always provide the optimum charge even when the available shore power is limited, fluctuating or unreliable. The inverter will provide a perfect true sine wave output to your sensitive onboard electronics. Power is available when you need it.
Service battery: MVG 12/200
The total of AC and DC consumers requires around 1.2 kWh. Totally discharging the batteries is not advisable so opt for a maximum of 50 % discharge = 2.4 kWh. Taking into account ease of installation and the amount of standard equipment (such as lighting) we selected a 12 V system. The required battery capacity is therefore 2.4 kWh/12 V = 200 Ah.
Battery charger: ChargeMaster 12/50-3
In normal conditions we assume 25 % of the battery capacity when selecting a battery charger: 25 % of 200 Ah requires a 50 A battery charger. In this case the ChargeMaster 12/50-3 is an excellent choice. It is even able to charge up to three battery banks. In this case you only use two outputs: One for the service battery and one for the starter battery of the engine. This gives you flexibility should you want to add another battery later. Furthermore, you can use this third output as a second starter battery if you have two engines, or for a bowthruster battery.
Inverter: AC Master 12/300
The AC Master 12/300 is sized to power all the loads at the same time.
Monitoring: Masterlink BTM-III
The Masterlink BTM-III battery monitor provides an accurate indication of the current, amperage, time remaining and remaining capacity of battery bank 1, and the current and estimated capacity of battery banks 2 and 3. The built-in microprocessor calculates the remaining capacity and stores historic data.
Other system components
- 1 x AGM 12/70 starter battery.
- 1 x Battery Mate 1602 IG; the ultimate solution for charging several batteries simultaneously, compatible with any type of alternator/charger.
- 1 x Shore Fix, 16A/30mA earth leakage switch.
- 1 x shore power cable 16 A, 25 m.
- 1 x shore power inlet 2+PE, 16A/230V.
- 1 x Z-bar 200 A 18-way.
- 1 x Z-bar 200 A 10-way.
- 2 x battery switches for switching on and off the consumers attached to the battery.
System drawing
