Inverter/charger is a Victron Quattro 48/10000 -- needed because I have a 9kVA Kohler generator and a 48V 700Ah LFP battery. Washer/drier is nothing special, a standard Zanussi -- can't remember exact model it's the 8kg capacity one. Being able to throw dirty/wet clothes in and have them come out clean and dry a few hours later is nice, especially in wet weather when drying them any other way is difficult. Running the engine and charging big LFP batteries with a standard alternator is not a good idea, both from the point of view of long running times and alternator overheating (and terrible efficiency). If this is your chosen charging method it would be better to install an externally-regulated (Wakespeed? Zeus?) high-power DC alternator (which will need a polyvee belt drive), or a Travelpower which generates AC (up to 5kW?) and feed this into the inverter/charger to charge the batteries. Neither of these options is cheap (well into four figures...), but will greatly reduce your engine running time. Basically the problem is that high-power electrics to run high-power electrical appliances are not a good fit to a standard diesel/alternator boat setup, the appliances are cheap but the electrical system needed to support them is definitely not, and when there's no sun you'll end up running the engine for many hours while burning fuel (very inefficiently!), wearing the engine, and annoying yourself and your neighbours... :-( That makes no sense -- millions of houses all over the UK run mains washing machines without them catching fire, why do you think it's so much riskier on your boat?
