House systems - separate or together with drive system?
I am at the beginning of a conversion for a 32¡¯ ketch, and I have the 10kw thunderstruck kit, charger, reduction, and battery bank all working on my bench under artificial load. She will be at 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
Jerry,Unfortunately, the wiring on the batteries is small.? Probably only good for 30A.? I currently have a 30Amp breaker between the battery and the motor to prevent overheating the wires coming
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john
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#30587
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Re: Lake Test - 13' plywood runabout with Torqeedo 4R, and 50Ah eBike battery bank
John,
Please cranky uppy to 4k watts and let us know results. I got a 2.3 kw chinese motor and building 12' catamaran dinghy. I think I can get by with the one motor but may need two. Thinking bike
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shredderf16
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#30586
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Lake Test - 13' plywood runabout with Torqeedo 4R, and 50Ah eBike battery bank
On Monday, 6/22/20, I conducted my first on the water Lake trial with my electric conversion, "Mischief".Mischief is a home built plywood runabout, currently powered with a Torqeedo 4R outboard.?
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john
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#30585
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Re: Need some mechanical help in UK or Oz to prepare for electric - anyone recommended?
Not sure where you¡¯ll find a split cogged pulley. Not sure what you mean by ¡°pack?¡± The Thunderstruck motor mount will not work for you, as is. But you may be able to remove the stub shaft and
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Reuben Trane
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Re: Need some mechanical help in UK or Oz to prepare for electric - anyone recommended?
Hi Reuben,
Thank you! That helps a lot.
I was trying to get away from machining a keyway by bolting onto the coupling - the keyway would be much more costly and time consuming.
I totally agree with
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Robert McArthur
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#30583
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Re: AC vs DC gensets, how many?
There¡¯s no free lunch. If the motor is generating 5kW then you¡¯ll be using 5kW if diesel plus at Keats 10% for losses. that said, it¡¯s more efficient than adding a stand alone generator
making
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Reuben Trane
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Re: Need some mechanical help in UK or Oz to prepare for electric - anyone recommended?
A 1¡± clogged belt is OK for 10 kW. That¡¯s what I have. Perhaps you¡¯ll need the shaft pulley aft of the coupling - you¡¯ll need to pull the shafts and have them machined for the pulley key way.
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Reuben Trane
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#30581
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Need some mechanical help in UK or Oz to prepare for electric - anyone recommended?
We are planning the parallel hybrid on our powercat.
At the moment, the thought is to attach a plate to the existing shaft-gearbox coupler (which I assume is there for some flexibility, like a more
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Robert McArthur
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Re: AC vs DC gensets, how many?
Thanks Steve. I have watched the YT of Bruce Wilson on his Lagoon 410 too! It is great to see people out there doing it.
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Robert McArthur
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Re: AC vs DC gensets, how many?
Well, there¡¯s no actual system yet except in my head.
I would certainly like the ability for the motor to act as a generator when running under diesel.
i understand though that it depends on the
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Robert McArthur
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#30578
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Re: Contactors and SSR's
I just purchased a $24 contactor from Amazon that could work for you:
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WINJUN 4Pin Auto Starter Relay 12V DC 500 Amp Vehicle SPST Contactor
I¡¯ll use it on my charge bus with max current
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Reuben Trane
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#30577
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Re: Contactors and SSR's
One other question I had - and hope one of the experts can answer this:
I don't see a max voltage rating on the contacts for any of the contactors.? Only the voltage of the coil, and the amperage
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john
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#30576
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Re: Contactors and SSR's
Don't get me wrong, if someone lacks sufficient knowledge to safely and effectively engineer and build their own system, they should absolutely go with a turn-key offering and pay someone else the big
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Ryan G
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#30575
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Re: battery chargers for AGM?
I bought a NOCO Genius GX4820 that has settings for both AGM as well as LIFPO batteries.? Look at Amazon
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John Theune
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#30574
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Re: battery chargers for AGM?
I have one left over from my upgrade to lifepo4. I bought it from thunderstruck
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L Schmitz
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#30573
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Re: Contactors and SSR's
I don¡¯t work for a company that has anything to do with electric conversion etc. but I would like to say here that having a resource that has the knowledge to make these systems work reliably and
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Larry Brown
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Re: battery chargers for AGM?
Any recommendations on a battery charger for 48v 200ah AGM?
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Ryan Sweet
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Re: Contactors and SSR's
Here's another more affordable option than thunderstrucks
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Ryan G
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#30570
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Re: Contactors and SSR's
If you are using a 48v nominal bank with a max amp draw of 50a, but the golf cart contactor should work just fine as the motor that the golf cart relay was designed to potentially energize has a
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Ryan G
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