Re: Newbie - 20+ foot boat for wide/long river in Guyana, South America
From what you describe, electric is economically viable, but marginal depending on what you value. My reasoning is that your fuel bill is ~$1000/mo and that would support roughly $70k of investment
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navkram@...
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Re: Newbie - 20+ foot boat for wide/long river in Guyana, South America
William Atkin designed a couple of paddlewheel riverboats. Lady of the Lake is one that comes to mind. Designed for a 10 hp diesel IIRC. I think it’s perfectly suitable for an electric motor.
He
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Greg DeCowsky
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Re: Thunderstruck 10kw sailboat kit battery stuck
You didn’t mention what state of charge meter you are using or where you are measuring it. Most will operate on a loosely tracking voltage to capacity curve and most have a calibration procedure to
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Ryan Sweet
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Newbie - 20+ foot boat for wide/long river in Guyana, South America
Hello
I have recently joined the forum and have been following the topics with great interest.? Within the next few months, I would like to purchase a boat (new or used) for use in a fairly large
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rragbeer@...
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Re: Thunderstruck 10kw sailboat kit battery stuck
Antonio,
Call Thunderstruck. They actually talk to their customers and are great
folks.
Cheers,
Ric
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Ric Sanders
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Re: Thunderstruck 10kw sailboat kit battery stuck
Interesting thank you Brian! I have a 4x12 lead acid batteries. I don’t
think they ever give me more than 55 even when fully charged.
Maybe I need to turn in the controller with charger on.
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Anton Sl-y <anton.slutsky@...>
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Re: Thunderstruck 10kw sailboat kit battery stuck
Most of these state of charge meters need a voltage threshold to reset to
100%. On my boat this seems to be about 58 volts. The problem I have is the
controller needs to see this voltage, I have to
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Brian
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Thunderstruck 10kw sailboat kit battery stuck
Hello,
Last year I got the Thunderstruck sailboat 10kw conversion kit with it
worked great!
https://www.thunderstruck-ev.com/10kw-brushless-sailboat-kit-sevcon.html
One problem — the battery
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Anton Sl-y <anton.slutsky@...>
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Re: EV Gavia: Electrical suggestions
Hey Myles,
Your 330wh/mi is *amazing* and approaching efficient electric car territory!
Hull: Yep, a tunnel stern and the hull design is from William Atkin from
the boat “Little Water” designed
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Jay Johnston
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Re: EV Gavia: Electrical suggestions
Thanks Jay. I’m sure I missed it, but can you comment on:
* Prop size/type
* Tunnel counter-stern design---looks super cool
* What speed was this data taken at?
My 26’
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Myles Twete
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Re: EV Gavia: Electrical suggestions
Thanks to all of you that provided suggestions on this (now old) thread.
We have tested the boat in the water and have promising results
Short video showing the
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Jay Johnston
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
There are no warranty issues with using your own batteries. Just that you
don't have regen and thats not an issue for me as I already have a Watt &
Sea system.
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Paul J. Thompson
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
Sorry that I miss typed. The note should have said “their own batteries and charger”. The point is warranty not that other batteries or charger would word with the system. They do work also the
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Mike Gunning
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
Nick, I don't know the answer to that one as I made my own battery
(LiFePo4, 280ah @ 48v) however the local dealer is answering questions so
I'll ask. Offhand, I'd think, you should just be able to
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Paul J. Thompson
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
They do not sell the guts to go from solar to their battery. Can any of you tell me what I need to go from solar direct to their E40 battery?NickSent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest
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63urban
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
Not true. You can use any battery but currently you only get regen with
their battery. There is however an open-source project busy reverse
engineering the ePropulsion protocols so that we will be
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Paul J. Thompson
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
EPropulsion uses only there one batteries and charger for warranty
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Mike Gunning
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
Hi Paul,
same story - building a 33 ft wood/plywood sailboat, already purchased a 30 kWh battery cells and want to purchase ePropulsion Pod 6.
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Artem Klochko
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Re: ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
I'm in the same situation with a nav 3.Looking forward to seeing how they all stand up.NickSent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network.
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63urban
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ePropulsion Pod Drive 6
Hi Paul, I am in Qld Australia.
I purchased an Epropulsion pod 6kw about a year ago before the prices went
up.
My only drama is that my boat is still under construction…..yeah…….
Love to hear
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Peter Grant
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