At 12:44 PM 11/24/02 -0500, you wrote: >Beats me Arild: > >I have a LPG 8 kw generator outside my house which starts automatically >in the event of a power failure, and supplies all essentials - cooking, >lights, phone outlets, etc to the house. Why the heck can't one have >such a thing on a boat. My 8kw Onan the boat had automatic shut down >provisions for water temp and low oil so I am not too bothered about >that side of the coin. ======================================================= See if you can find an Onan automatic demand panel. I had mine kick in at 100 watts or more wired to the fridge circuit only. When it started for the fridge it also charged batteries and made hot water and turned on a light in the salon that I could see from shore. When the fridge was done the generator shut down and every thing shut off........ . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain