martellmarine
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Husband & wife team building boat #71.
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Post by martellmarine on Jul 10, 2020 20:34:29 GMT
As of today I do not have a single clue!  Lets hear about your experience, ideas and thoughts and most importantly your designs for electric propulsion for the CG580! Cheers  |
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Post by Admin on Jul 11, 2020 5:06:57 GMT
As of today I do not have a single clue! Lets hear about your experience, ideas and thoughts and most importantly your designs for electric propulsion for the CG580! Cheers Hahaha Google electric outboard...lol...there are plenty of options ..and lots of videos.... I will go Epropolsion SPIRIT 01 3hp , two batteries and 12v charger..I think... |
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pete
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Post by pete on Jul 17, 2020 10:50:22 GMT
For what its worth, I had a Torqueedo 1003 travel with the larger battery (900 Wh I think) in 2017 as our previous boat had no external locker big enough for a petrol outboard. The thing was fantastic, but hideously expensive to buy (less than constructing a new cockpit locker though). Quality was ok, too much plastic in my opinion for long term use however (plastic handles on the transom clamps for example) and the contacts on the cables needed to be vaselined regularly to ensure a decent connection. The range was simply amazing though, in a lightweight tender with two people in calm water with no tide you could get about 25km at a moderate speed. I'd guess a mini 580 will reduce this to a fraction of that, but still useful enough. Charging it from the mains took about 12 hours from flat though - can't remember the amps offhand, but i'd guess that solar charging the battery is likely to take days, not hours given the max panel allowance in the minis.
The battery can be repurposed for other uses via an adaptor if i remember correctly, providing a useful voltage and huge capacity for small devices. This would effectively give you a lithium house battery, which may be a breach of the rules?
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