Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
Thanks everyone! This has been helpful.
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Ryan Sweet
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
The GEN4 is mounted on an aluminum plate offset by square tubing. I felt more comfortable with this set up even though i was not planning on using more than 50 amps out of my 48 volt lithium battery
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Harley Clark <clarkharley37@...>
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Re: Using online calculators - do they work?
Following the discussion with considerable interest as thinking about what engine(s) to fit to my future boat (a 34ft/10m cruising cat with a lightship displacement of 5 tons) which I plan to use as
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Kai Rabenstein
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Re: Using online calculators - do they work?
I agree with Darin only in the respect that all those facets he listed are not currently being calculated and even if they were they will only get close to the reality of the situation. However, I
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Larry Brown
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Re: Using online calculators - do they work?
Theo, good suggestion. There have been some lengthy discussions about this topic in several forums, but the bottom line is this: You want to know what size motor to use for your specific application.
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Darin
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Re: Using online calculators - do they work?
Hi all - first time poster. I think I have some insights to the calculator question, but maybe not a totally straight forward answer. What's missing in traditional calculators like VicProp is the
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Theo B
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
I have a bulkhead just aft of the motor. I cut out a section to match the heat sink. I mounted the Sevcon on the forward facet of the bulhead with the heat sink penetrating into an open area over the
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Reuben Trane
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
These were taken during the install. The backside where you can see the heat sync if you notice the nuts on the right side they are the bolts holding the chargers on the back side. They also have
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Larry Brown
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
Picture of my compartment [email protected]> wrote:
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Bob Jennings <heatnh@...>
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
I used the optional heat sink. It was short money when I purchased the 10kw kit. Not sure if it makes a difference but the controller is mounted in the engine compartment so figured it couldn't hurt.
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Bob Jennings <heatnh@...>
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
I should clarify that my gen4 is mounted on stainless steel sheet, which acts as a heatsink itself. I've attached a sketch. Hope this helps. Darin
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Darin
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
I mounted the sevcon and 2 of the TS2500 chargers on a sheet of aluminum bent into a u shaped stand. I bolted the sevcon to the aluminum with the heat sync on the back side with thermal grease on each
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Larry Brown
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
Dear Ryan, The first question is whether the SEVCON GEN4 controller heats ... A simple 6mm aluminium sheet can be used as a support and heatsink:
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Thierry
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
Ditto I have been using a Gen 4 Sevcon without a Heat Sink for two years and overheating is not a problem. It will depend on the rating of your Sevcon, but heat dissipation will be improved if your
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Michael Ryan
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Re: Mounting the sevcon gen4?
Ryan, I did not use a heat sink and haven't had any problems with it getting warm. FWIW, I have a 37 ft sailboat with the same 10kW Thunderstruck kit I think I saw that you are using. I typically run
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Darin
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Mounting the sevcon gen4?
How have you folks mounted the sevcon controller? With the heat sinks on there doesn¡¯t seem to be a natural way to mount it. Do you put it on rods? Or mount it with the heat sinks up against a
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Ryan Sweet
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Re: Lake Test - 13' plywood runabout with Torqeedo 4R, and 50Ah eBike battery bank
Bill, The boat was the "Playboy", designed by William Jackson, 1907-1973. Plans are here:RunaboutsOutboard playboy | | | | | | | | | | | RunaboutsOutboard playboy Free boat plans, Boat Plan Resources,
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john
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Re: Lake Test - 13' plywood runabout with Torqeedo 4R, and 50Ah eBike battery bank
John a bit off topic, but I really like the looks of your test boat. ?Wonder if you can provide links to plans For the boat? Bill
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Bill Feyerherm
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Re: House systems - separate or together with drive system?
? Thank you everyone for all of the answers! In the end I think I like the idea of having one set of inputs (shore power/solar) and two banks (house/drive system), and some way to use the house
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Ryan Sweet
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Re: House systems - separate or together with drive system?
One of the best sites I have seen can give you a pretty good answer for LiFePo, for how much total capacity lost for each voltage cutoff. For example at 3.6 volt per cell will only cost you a max of
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James Sizemore
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