Holoholo - Anacortes Yacht Charters
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Holoholo - Anacortes Yacht Charters
Holoholo Anacortes, WA Owners Notes / Ships Operations Manuel Ian and Becky Tully eeetully@hotmail.com 1. Table of Contents 1. Vessel Description and a little about Art Defever..........................................pg. 3 2. Holoholo: Layout picture...................................................................................pg. 4 Meaning of the word “Holoholo”........................................................pg. 4 3. Basics: What to do daily....and first time aboard............................................pg. 5 Bridge Orientation.............................................................................Pg. 6 4. Engines a. Start up..............................................................................................pg. 6 b. Monitoring..........................................................................................pg. 6 c. Shut Down.........................................................................................pg. 7 d. Fuel Management.............................................................................pg. 7 5. Generators a. Description........................................................................................pg. 7 b. Use...................................................................................................pg. 8 6. Electrical Systems Management a. Sources of Power............................................................................pg. 8 b. Hooking Up to Shore Power.............................................................pg. 9 c. Disconnecting from Shore Power.....................................................pg. 9 d. Managing Electrical Needs While Under Way..................................pg. 9 e. Cooking............................................................................................pg.10 f. A/C and Heat Systems.....................................................................pg.10 g. Operation of Hydronic Heat System.................................................pg.10 7. Potable Water Systems and Management a. General Description..........................................................................pg.10 b. Bathroom Shower Systems..............................................................pg. 11 c. Deck wash Down Hoses...................................................................pg. 11 8. Anchoring a.Basics...............................................................................................pg. 11 b.Scope and Tides...............................................................................pg. 11 c.Setting the Anchor.............................................................................pg. 12 d.Raising the Anchor............................................................................pg. 12 9. Dingy Ops a. Operation of Davit System...............................................................pg. 13 b. Starting the Dingy.............................................................................pg. 13 10. Waste Management a. Basics of Marine Toilets....................................................................pg.13 b. Management of Waste and Holding Tank Use.................................pg. 14 Appendix A. Location of underwater Seacocks and Wood Plugs....................................................... pg. 15 B. Bilge and Shower Sump Pump Locations.......................................................................pg. 16 C. Location of Safety Items.................................................................................................pg. 17 D. Electrical “Loads” of various on board systems.............................................................pg. 18 2. 1. Vessel Descripton Holoholo is a Arthur DeFever designed cruising yacht. The boat brand is Defever and model type is 53 ft. POC, (Performance Offshore Cruiser). Holoholo was built in 1986 and Grosses 56 tons. She has a beam of 16' 6'' with a 4' 8'' draft and carries 600 gallons of fuel in 2 separate steel tanks. It has capacity for 400 more gallons in 2 central tanks located mid ship but these are unused in northwest waters. It has capacity for 400 gallons of water in 2 steel tanks located in the engine room. The steering is hydrolic. She is powered by twin 3208TA, (Turbo After cooled), diesel Caterpillar engines for a total of 375 hp. She cruises easily at 9 knots, using about 7-9 gal/hr. This gives the vessel an effective range of aprox. 750 nautical miles from its 2 separate 300gal tanks. Two Onan generators, (one 8KW, and one 15KW), augment electrical power needs. The lower deck has three staterooms each with private bath and shower. The master cabin is located in the stern and has an entrance from the main salon via a delightful spiral staircase. The forward staterooms are accessed via stairs off the starboard wheelhouse. Because the master birth is separated from the other two rooms by the large walk in stand up engine room, the layout provides great privacy. The aft deck is large and accommodates ample outdoor seating for socializing. The fly bridge is accessed via a staircase from starboard wheel house. All major navigation operations can be managed from the fly bridge if you wish. About Art DeFever: Arthur DeFever was born in 1918. As a budding naval architect, at the age of 17, the California native built his first boat, a wooden rowboat. He rowed it solo to Catalina Island. DeFever began designing vessels in earnest in the 1950s. He designed long-range tuna fishing vessels, which were considered innovative at the time. These tuna vessels proved highly reliable and seaworthy. They stayed away from port for weeks at a time, traveling long distances to Central and South America before returning safely with their catch. Arthur DeFever departed from traditional yacht building habits in the mid 1980's with this new 53ft. POC model, which was built in the Sen Koh yard, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was designed 30% lighter than other comparable yachts by utilizing composite sandwich type fiberglass construction that not only reduced weight, and increased strength. It eliminated the need for extensive, space wasting, old style stringer systems, and allowed for more space for long range cruising. Composite construction is used in today's modern Mega Yachts. Arthur DeFever and his yachts were ahead of their time. Arts commercial work informed his trawler yacht designs right up until the end of his life. Arthur DeFever, a founding father of the trawler lifestyle, died April 10th 2013 and was buried at sea. He was 94. It has been estimated that more than 3,800 boats were built to his designs. 3. Layout for Defever 53' POC “Holoholo” 2. The Meaning of “Holoholo” My wife Becky was raised as a young girl on the Island of Hawaii. Her father was a Doctor on the Dole pineapple plantation and mother was a nurse there. She enjoyed growing up in the Island life style as only 1 of two white girls in their town. Holoholo is a Hawaiian term. It is a verb. A typical use would be, “Lets go holoholo.” Normally this would imply that you were off work and had free time to just go have fun with friends. Travel somewhere with no particular agenda or time frame. Go where you want, stay as long as you wish, enjoy each others company and most importantly.....have fun! We are happy to have you aboard as a guest and hope, on your trip, you will learn and enjoy the true meaning of “Holoholo”. Ian and Becky Tully 4. Always “Pause” for 2-3 seconds in NEUTRAL before changing from forward to reverse. Always have engines at lowest possible RPM when changing from Neutral to reverse. 3. Basics Spend time reading the ops manuals and looking at the pictures so that when you are on the vessel you will know where everything is and everything will look familiar. Every morning or before you get on to your daily activities. Even if you are not going anywhere, go to the engine room. It has a large entrance door on your right at the base of the circular stairs to the master cabin. It has full stand up walk in capabilities and very easy to access. check water level in bilge check oil in ALL 4 engines check electrical power levels of batteries check fluid level of holding tank, potable water, and fuel Once you know how, this is a 10 minute job. In various places in this ops manual you will see pictures and details on how to perform these essential tasks. This will help to ensure a safe and trouble free trip. Also become familiar with “below water level” sea cock locations. See appendix diagram “A”. Halon fire extinguishers X2 Port Starboard Handy hand held laser LED temp. measurement gun. Located on left as you enter engine room at shoulder height. The main anchor breaker switch is located directly below this. 4. Engines a. Start Up Unplug shore power and insure main breaker “Energy Source” is switched to “OFF” position. Turn on all appropriate breaker switches for getting under way. Turn ship’s GPS on with navigation, VHF radio, Bow thruster and Radar if needed. Move shift and throttle controls and ships wheel for and aft to assure they are functioning properly before starting engines. Make sure shift controls are in neutral and fuel levers are in downward/ aft most position. Turn Ignition Switch to right “ON”, low oil pressure buzzer will sound when ignition key is engaged unless it is disabled with toggle switch. Turn key and run engine at least 10 minutes at low idle before getting under way. Check engine gauges. Test bow thruster functionality before leaving dock. Labels by the gauges indicate normal operating ranges. 5. Bridge Orientation Furuno FR 805D 48nm radar Rear facing camera VHF radio Hand held bowthruster toggle Port and stb. eng. neutral and Intercom forward reverse levers. Port and starboard fuel levers Port Engine gauges Starboard Engine gauges NOTE: It is a good practice to have a brief meeting with crew prior to freeing lines in order for the captain to discuss the plan for egress with the crew. This is especially true if there is wind, currents or other tricky piloting situations. Two red floating waterproof hand held walkie talkies are located on port side if pilot house. Utilize these to help facilitate communication between captain and crew. Make sure all mooring lines, fenders and anything that is loose is stowed before getting underway. No lines should be stored in the port or starboard walkways as they could fall overboard and foul the propellers. b. Monitoring Check the oil level in both CAT engines. The dip stick handles are Red in color and CAT oil levels should be between the hash marks. DO NOT OVERFILL THE OIL above the high level on the dipstick. It is ok for the CATs to run when the oil level is near the lower line. It takes around 2 quarts to fill the oil supply from the lower line to the upper line on the dipsticks. Checking the oil should happen daily, before cruising. Check the oil level in both Onan generators as well. Add oil if level is low. DO NOT FILL above high dipstick level. Note: Cruise at ¾ throttle for about 5 minutes before going to max. cruising RPM of around 1500 rpm. 6. c. Engine Shut Down Always wait and let all engines cool down under “No Load” situation for at least 5 minutes before turning them off. This includes the 2 gensets. Note: Unlike in a car leave ignition keys in the “On” position and just depress the metal “OFF” button to stop the engines. Starboard eng. “off” button Port eng. “off” button 5. Fuel Management Check daily. Fuel levels can be directly visualized in the engine room on the “see through” vertical clear plastic pipes mounted to both starboard and port tanks. Phase Three PT-24 Inverter smart charger Water pressure tank Directly visualize fuel level on both port and stb. fuel tanks . . Fuel usage is depent engine RPM, wind , tides, cruising speed and use of generators will all influence the amount of fuel used /day. In general you can assume the following: Primary engines.....6-7 gal/hr. 15Kw generator......1.2 gal/hr. 8Kw generator........ .6 gal/hr. As noted earlier check your fuel usage daily and plan you fuel stops to make sure you are never below 25%. 5. Generators There are 2 Onan generators on Holoholo. The15Kw one is located starboard midship of in the engine room. It will generate about 110 Amps of 110 Volt electricity The 8kw Onan is located in same area but on port side, and will generate about 60 Amps of 110 Volt electricity. They are used separately to augment the ships electrical power systems. Decide which generator you wish to use. The 8kw generator will provide approximately 65 amps of power and the 15kw generator will provide approximately 110 amps. If you have low energy load needs, and are not using the electric heat you may wish to use the smaller generator. If you are going to be using the heater systems, hot water heater, the oven or have multiple high amp draws, you should use the 15kw “starboard” generator. 7. To start the Generator 1. Assure the generator main breakers are in the “OFF” position before starting either the #1 or the #2 generator. 2. Push the appropriate PRE HEAT toggle switch located in the main electrical panel to the right and hold for 15-20 seconds. 3. While continuing to hold the PRE HEAT switch, push the appropriate starter switch to the right and hold for 10 seconds to start the respective generator. When the generator starts release both of the switches. 4. Allow to warm up a few minutes then you may apply any needed loads, i.e. oven, dingy winch, hair dryers, water heater etc. Master breaker: Bottom right of main electrical breaker panel. Generator #2 preheat switch Curved arrow indicates start switch. Master selector in the “Gen #2 (8kw position). Master selector dial location. 6. Electrical Systems and Management Electrical power is a limiting factor on a boat. Whether at anchor using battery power (12 volt DC system and inverter for 120 volt AC), or powered by ships generator for ample 120 volt AC, or connected to shore power there is a limit to the amount available. Understanding and monitoring your usage will insure you have a comfortable and trouble free adventure. The main electric panel located in the wheelhouse contains both AC and DC switches/circuit breakers. The right side with is for the AC or 110 volt power. The left side is for DC or 12 volt power. In addition to shore power there are two generators (#2 is 8kw and #1 is 15kw) plus 9 deep cycle battery banks. The “start” batteries are isolated from the house batteries. a. Sources of Power: 1. 30 Amp Shore Power This is the standard shore power available at most marinas. Use the appropriate 30 amp cord to plug into the 30 amp plug in the and power source at the marina. The cord is located in the storage area in the middle of the seating area below the cushion on of the bow seating area. 2. 50 Amp Shore Power A 50 amp chord is also located under the flip up hatch below the cushion as well. 8. 3. Onan Genset #1 *8kw 4. Onan Genset #2 *15kw 5. Ships 2 main engines 6. Deep Cycle and “Start Batteries” b. Hooking Up to Shore Power The main power panel for Holoholo is located on the forward port side of the wheel house. Open the cabinet door and make sure that the main electrical breaker for the “shore power” is OFF. Make sure the main breaker on the dock is OFF then connect the power cord to the power supply. Turn the Breaker on, then return to Holoholo, now switch the main energy source selector knob to the “Shore 1” position for 50 amp service or “Shore 2” position for 30 amp service. The AC voltage gauge on the top left side of panel just below and left of steering wheel should show 120 volts, and indicator light should be on. Turn on the proper breakers to supply power to the circuits needed. Please review the Green, Yellow and Red designations for each circuit as you connect and disconnect the panel to/from the power supply. 3. c. Disconnecting from Shore power To disconnect form shore power, move the main energy source selector knob on the Main Breaker Panel “OFF”. Now head to dock switch breaker to “off” position and disconnect the power cord from the dock first, then from the boat. Close the shore power cover on Holoholo. Stow the cord in the white cushion bow seating area. d. Managing Electrical Needs While Under Way Each 3208 TA Caterpillar engine has a high output alternator which will charge the starter and house batteries while running. You cannot run down the ships starter batteries because they are electrically isolated by a master breaker in the engine room. While under way if your electrical needs are low the alternator will generate enough electricity to power most items. The “Newmar Phase 3 Inverter Charger” will electrically “invert” the 12 Volt energy created by the ships engines alternator to standard 110 Volt electrical energy that you have in your home. All the standard plugs on board Holoholo are 110 Volt. While under way the energy in these plugs is coming from the inverter. If your electrical needs are more than the inverter can produce all 110 Volt energy going to the ships plugs will stop. When you check the inverter there will be a RED light indicating “Insufficient Energy Input” The fridge will turn off and the inverter will cease to make electricity. The remedy for this is to diminish your electrical loads or turn on a generator and switch the “Main Panel” source indicator from the “OFF” position to the appropriate generator position. This will immediately restore 110 Volt electricity and charge the batteries as well. Inverter is located on the Port side in the engine room mounted on the wall. Battery Charge Ammeter This unit is located in the engine room on the aft most wall. Toggle the various switches to test. If there is a “red” LED light indicating “Low Energy Input” you will need to lower your energy needs or start a generator. 9. e. Cooking To use the oven you must be either plugged into shore power OR have a generator running. If you wish to use the microwave and coffee maker and toaster recognize that you are using a lot of energy and will likely need to limit use of these high Amp draw units to only a combination of 2 at a time. For example the oven and coffee maker. If you add the toaster to the mix it will likely trip a breaker on the main breaker panel. Augmenting your cooking energy needs by utilizing the propane BB-Q will help reduce electrical energy needs. f. A/C and Cabin Heat Management If you are using the boat in the “off season” you will likely need a heat source at times. At this time you will need to either be hooked up to shore power OR, have a generator on. There are 2 electric wall heaters. One in the main salon and along the starboard wall and the other at the bottom of the spiral stair case leading to the master cabin. They are turned on buy the “Main Electric Heat Panel” located just below and to the left of the pilot house steering wheel. Flip the Top breaker on to energize panel and use the other breaker below as needed. There are 5 separate water pump fed Hydronic heat systems. Individual “Zone” heat and cooling Start/ run Main On/Off breaker for entire Heat A/C panel The 2 red arrows represent the 2 electric wall heaters The 5 green arrows represent the 5 “heat pump” hydronic heat Air Systems main heat and cooling cooling control panel. There are 5 of these. Located in V-birth, pilot house, salon, guest bedroom and master bedroom. Main Electric Heater/Cooler Panel g. To operate the hydronic heat system: 1. Turn main “electric heat cool” panel breaker “ON” 2. Turn on appropriate breaker. 3. Go to the “Zone” you want on and turn knob #1 to START 4. Select heat or cool then turn knob to “run” One hydronic heat system will use 19 Amps. 7. Potable water system and management a. General Description The domestic water tanks supply the kitchen, ice maker, sinks and showers, the spigot on the bow on port side of bow cushioned seating area to the Windlass and the sink that is located in the cockpit. There are two 250 gallon steel water tanks located on the port and starboard side in the middle of the engine room about waist high to the left and right of the port and starboard engines. There is a pressure pump and pressurized water tank so the pump does not cycle on every time water is used. Blue Weltrol water tank supplies pressurized potable water throughout the boat. Starboard Directly visualize the water Level regularly and fill at the Stb. and Port filling plates. 10. b. Shower Water There is a private shower in each of the guest rooms. The shower waste water drains through the cross hatched teak floor of the shower into a large collection tub in the bilge nearby each shower. There is a separate tub and float switch actuated pump to discharge water overboard for each one of the shower units For location of the shower bilge tubs see appendix “C”. c. On Deck Wash Down Hose There are two separate deck hoses. Both are located on the port side stowage box just under flip up lid. The one on your right as you look at the storage area is warm fresh potable water for a rinse down after swimming, and the one on your left is cold sea water for washing down the anchor before stowage. 8. Anchoring a. Basics The anchor is a 60 lb. stainless steel Suncor Plowmaster all chain rode wich consists of 300’ of chain with about 20’ of nylon line at the “bitter end”. The nylon line is used in case of emergency to release the anchor by cutting the line. The chain is marked with RED plastic indicators. Each one representing 50'. If you see three reds you know there is 150' of chain payed out. To let down the anchor lift / push anchor out of its cradle as you press the RIGHT button by the anchor with your foot this allows the anchor to feed out and not to free fall. Retrieval of the anchor is done by pressing the left foot button. The anchor winch runs off 12 volt batteries and uses a lot on energy so always have motor or generator running when using the anchor. Also ensure both windlass “breakers” are in the “On” position. Bow This is the MAIN anchor breaker switch. It is located in the engine room directly on your left as you enter. “Red” light indicates anchor winch is “ON”. UP Down The other anchor breaker located on the “Main DC breaker Panel” must be in the “ON” position as well for winch to operate. b.Scope and Tides Proper scope is important for safe anchoring. The sheltered coves of the Northwest require a 4:1 or 5:1 scope on calm windless nights. Scope is the relationship of length of rode (chain, line, cable) to the depth of the water. If the water is 20’ deep, 4:1 scope would be 80’ of chain from the surface of the water. Greater scope will increase the diameter the boat will travel during the changing wind and tide. Longer scope than your neighbor could swing you into their path. The greater the scope the more holding power the anchor will have. Heavy conditions could require a scope as much as 10:1 and would indicate a poor choice for the night. 11. Anchoring cont. It is important to check the tide tables to know at what point in the range you are anchoring. It is not uncommon to see a 15’ change from high to low tide. If you anchor in 10’ at low tide with 30’ of rode, at high tide you will have 30’ of rode in 25’ of water. This situation would not provide an effective amount of holding power. Likewise, anchoring in the same conditions at high tide will put you hard aground at low tide. c. Setting the Anchor 1. The boat should be stopped facing into the wind. 2. Ensure that the “Anchor” breaker on the DC panel is on. Assure the Main Anchor Breaker” is in the “on” position. 3. The anchor is not self launching so you will need to pull out than anchor from its bedding location by hand and gently allow the weight overboard. Carefully lower the anchor over the roller making. 4. Depress the Windlass deck switch to lower the chain. 5. Let out the proper amount of rode based on scope desired. 6. Put both engines astern momentarily to put a strain on the anchor. 7. Verify the anchor is set by seeing the boat move forward and slack the chain. d. Raising the Anchor 1. Have the boat running with captain at the helm. 2. Have a crew member operate the deck “up” and “down” switches. Motor forward in direction of the chain in order to achieve maximum slack line and have crew member depress the “up” as slack develops. When the anchor chain is directly vertical you are right above the anchor and in 5-10 second bursts retrieve the rest of the anchor 3. When the anchor is clear of the water make sure it is clean of mud. A boat brush and hose may be used to assist this. Be careful for the last couple feet to make sure the anchor is facing the proper direction, and seats correctly when on board 9. Dingy Ops 1. Turn on the Davit Breaker on the Heating A/C breaker panel electric panel. (This is the one below and left of steering wheel), labeled “Upper Deck outlets” It is the 5th switch from the top. This is an AC breaker so the generator must be running or attached to shore power. Remove rail from starboard side of boat deck. 2. Prepare the davit for use: a. Plug in the davit winch plug into the receptacle just below and behind the starboard seat on flybridge. Hook up the davit clip to the harness ring on either the Kayak or the dingy. 3. Press the “out” button to release the tension to unclip the cable as needed. 4. Attach the hoist cable the dinghy bridle 12. 5. 6. Press the “in” button to raise the dinghy until the cable weight is ½ inch from the top of hoist. 8. Swing the dinghy outward until it is parallel to the starboard side of Holoholo. (Both launch and retrieval of the dinghy requires the bow to of dingy to face the bow of Holoholo. Be careful not to hit the railing sides or upright as you swing the davit arm outward and lower until the dinghy is floating. 7. Unclip the four snap hooks of the bridle from the dinghy and retrieve the cable. 8. Clip the bridle hooks to the boat deck. Replace the port side rail and clip the safety chain at the opening of the rails. Never ever allow anyone under the dingy or Kayak while using the davit system. Starting the Dinghy Coming Soon. 10. Waste Management There are 3 Heads all are electric macerator type and use fresh water to flush. Remember, a. DO NOT PUT ANYTHING DOWN THE HEADS THAT HAS NOT BEEN EATEN FIRST. Check the tank monitor located in the engine room directly on the your left. It is on the aft facing wall. FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY: All the heads hav a “Y” valve located near by, (see appendix A). This valve should only be used when in compliance with all rules and laws. The blue arrow shows the button to depress to discharge waste in holding tank. Assure appropriate seacock is “OPEN”, see Appendix A. 13. All 3 heads have the same discharge buttons: This toggle button will add water and flush/macerate simultaneously Toggle this button to add additional fresh water Toggle this button to just flush without water Waste Management cont. When the “Y” valve is turned to “Overboard” the toilet will flush directly overboard. When the “Y” valve is turned to “Holding Tank” it will flush into the holding tank which has a capacity of approximately 53 gallons. You must comply with all laws and rules when emptying this tank. By checking frequently you will become familiar with how fast your group fills the holding tank. The less water used to flush the longer it takes to fill the holding tank Holding Tank Level Monitor (almost empty) Discharge the Holding Tank To empty the Various sizes of wooden plugs can be found in a large plastic holding tank at a pump-out station, bag at face height in the middle of the forward facing wall in locate the deck fittings on the the engine room, along with a hack saw. Mallets/hammers are port side of midship, just located just to your right as you enter the engine room. outside the middle window. It is labeled “Waste”. Open the deck fitting and push the pump-out nozzle into the fitting and proceed to empty the tank. When the tank has been pumped, check the Tank Level Monitor to confirm your success. To empty the tank overboard, complying with all laws and rules, turn on the power to the “Macerator Pump” on at the left side of main power panel. Then, proceed to the engine room. Locate the overboard discharge button on the aft facing wall just on your left at face height as enter the engine room. Assure the holding tank discharge sea cock is “OPEN” (facing upward), depress the button and check the Tank Level Monitor to confirm the tank is empty. 14. Appendix A Sea Cock Locations There are 13 underwater sea cocks on Holoholo Location Defined One for each of the engines........ = 4 #2 - 8 are all in the engine room and can One for each of the 3 heads........ = 3 easily be directly visualized there One for holding tank discharge.... = 1 #1 behind head in cabinet master suite One for sea water wash down hose 1 #9 Abandoned / inoperable...................1 #10 Accessed through hatch in floor guest rm Hydronic heat and A/C systems.......2 #11 Open cupboard below bedside cabinet. #11 #1 #4 #5 #6 #7 Holding Tank #3 Overboard Discharge #2 #8 #10 #9 Accessed via hatch in guest bedroom floor It is starboard by ~ 3' 15. Appendix B Bilge and Sump Pump Location Bilge Pump Sump Pump serve to remove water from the bilge areas sump pumps disharge used shower water from a holding box #3 #2 #4 Manually opperated emergency use #1 Note: The actual pump #2 is located on the forward facing wall that is accessed from the master bedroom small door just to your left as you enter the room, (starboard side of the boat).There is a sea strainer to catch debris from the bilge so as to not foul the actual pump. #3 pump and switch is a back up in case the other pumps fail. All bilge pumps are numbered as is the piping leading overboard. Also there are 3 “high water” alarms located in the forward, mid and aft areas of the boat. A light will will go on and an ALARM will sound if these “high water switches are tripped...Trouble Shoot the problem immediately..... This toggle switch should always be in the “Down” - AUTO position These 3 red lights along with a loud audible alarm indicate high water in the bilge area! 16. Appendix C Emergency Equipment Location Throwable Life Sling with line attached (On top deck attached to the railing) Throwable Life Ring First Aid Kit, Flares Flare Gun In drawers in Pilot House 17. Appendix D Example of Electrical “Load” of Various on Board Systems 1. 2. 3. 4. Coffee Maker................................8.5 Amps Oil filled (stand up type) heater...12 Amps (when on high) Usually located in “V” birth Fridge............................................2-4 Amps Toaster Oven.................................9 Amps 5. 6. 7. 8. Microwave Oven............................6 Amps Hot Water Heater.........................10 Amps Hydronic Heat/ Cooling................19 Amps (per unit/ There are 5 distinct separate units) Compact movable space heater..12 Amps The 8 KW generator provides about 60 amps of energy. The 15 KW generator provides about 110 amps of energy. If you are plugged into 30 amp shore power then if you add up the amps you are using and it approaches 30 amps you will blow a fuse. If this happens. Diminish you electrical “load”, reset the breaker at the main AC panel and 110 Volt power should be working again. 18.