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After a goodly amount of thought on the advantages and disadvantages of propane on the boat I've decided to go for an electric galley. With the generator plus the alternators on the engine present to recharge the electrical system, using electric power to cook isn't as wild a concept as it originally sounds. While propane is in use on most yachts, I don't like the idea of leading this potentially explosive gas into the cabin and thus Zanshin will have propane tanks but only for use in the gas BBQ grill. The large inverter ensures that the power for cooking on the hob's hot plates can come from the batteries and the energy can then be replaced by one or more of the methods listed above. I think that the oven will require that the generator be run, not because of the actual amount of watts required but because things in the oven usually need to cook or bake for a long time. The galley extractor fan and the built-in microwave oven also both run off the 230V AC electrical system.
After two seasons of cruising with the electric galley I am still happy with the decision to go electric and not have any propane routed through the main cabin. Even baking bread in the oven doesn't take quite as much energy as I'd thought and the system is still working well.
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