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One more EV on the water today!
Just a note to thank everyone for their help and suggestions, and to report that I motored out of the marina under electric power for the first time this evening. There is a lot of little work to do
By Ryan Sweet · #30668 ·
Re: What spares do you keep on hand?
Ryan, I think your list is reasonable. After I found myself adrift with no electrical power at all, not the motor, nor the lights or radio, as night fell, I got a full set of spare fuses. It didn't
By Damon Lane · #30667 ·
Re: SOLVED - How to reset a fault with the sevcon GEN 4 controller?
Ok, so score one for reading the manual and double checking everything. I think my adventure with the charger was a red herring. Looking at the cables carefully, the cable from the battery to the
By Ryan Sweet · #30666 ·
Re: What spares do you keep on hand?
Brush motor configs: Spare brush set. Spare controller. Outboard configs: Spare prop. Spare shear pins, cotter pins, nut. Gear lube Rear seal
By Myles Twete · #30665 ·
What spares do you keep on hand?
While I try to isolate the cause of my failure (see other thread), I¡¯m trying to think through what else could go wrong. What spares do you keep on board for an Electric drive system? - belts -
By Ryan Sweet · #30664 ·
Re: How to reset a fault with the sevcon GEN 4 controller?
Sorry, my bad. I think that was the charge controller I was thinking about. And it was the charge controller that gave me a blinking light. I don¡¯t recall the second having a light.
By Larry Brown · #30663 ·
Re: How to reset a fault with the sevcon GEN 4 controller?
Do you have the usb to serial cable to connect to the console with a laptop? There is a ton of information available on that console and it may be displaying the issue.
By Larry Brown · #30662 ·
Re: How to reset a fault with the sevcon GEN 4 controller?
Thank you. It¡¯s AGM, they were all balanced and evenly charged on the bench before being moved to the boat. I haven¡¯t tried with the charger again since disconnecting it (trying to return back
By Ryan Sweet · #30661 ·
Re: How to reset a fault with the sevcon GEN 4 controller?
Hi Ryan, Are you using LiFePO4 then the voltage of all the batteries MUST be inside 0.1 Volt (eg. 12.84-12.94) before you attemt to connect them into a bank.Did you check ? Is the sevcon fine when
By Carsten · #30660 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
I hope that your project is going well.Take a lot of photos ! If your stainless fasteners are magnetic, don't use them in a boat meant for salt water.Seaworthy 316 is practically non-magnetic, 304 a
By Carsten · #30659 ·
More basic question about sevcon gen4
?Does one expect the sevcon gen 4 to clear fault codes without intervention if the fault condition is ameliorated, or is intervention required? With my old Toyota Highlander hybrid it always
By Ryan Sweet · #30658 ·
How to reset a fault with the sevcon GEN 4 controller?
So I had everything working, and at a certain point I plugged in the charger for the batteries and attempted to spin the motor at the same time. At this point the sevcon resorted to a fault with the
By Ryan Sweet · #30657 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
Think 400 isn¡¯t?Saved me when had to get a broken screw out of deep hole Sharks like salt water....
By sw · #30656 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
Yes, but that type is probably not suitable for marine use - or in use where it MAY get exposed to salt water. When you stick stainless in salt water you rapidly discover there more to stainless
By Matthew Geier · #30655 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
Some stainless is magnetic
By sw · #30654 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
Illustrating why I¡¯m excited to always be learning ;-).
By Ryan Sweet · #30653 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
Wow I did not think of that smart !!! wrote:
By Phil Costello · #30652 ·
Re: Engine room tips?
Hopefully, you¡¯ll be using stainless fasteners - which are non-magnetic!
By Graham McGlashan · #30651 ·
Re: Battery recommendation for trolling motor on dinghy
I heard Newport motors from China are good?And some have used model airplane props
By sw · #30650 ·
Re: Battery recommendation for trolling motor on dinghy
I apologize, didn¡¯t see this post a month ago, but I had good luck with a generic 86lbs thrust trolling motor (see multiple Chinese brands on amazon) and a plain old interstate lead acid 24v marine
By Ryan Sweet · #30649 ·