In my initial drawing, we have allocated 16’ x 24’ for solar panels. My intent is to travel 4-5 hours in 1 day going roughly 5mph. We will have a dock space with electric hook up so whatever the sun doesn’t take care of, the onboard charger would. We would also need a second battery to run all of the DV appliances & lights.
Being “Off the Grid” is not my highest priority. Using the suns energy when possible, Lower maintenance, & quietness are the priorities. If the battery bank / solar panel combo allowed us to not plug her in, even better!
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Aaron Costic
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From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sirdarnell
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 4:51 AM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: The future of Electic propulsion
16'x60' makes a nice size solar array that can shade your roof/ upper deck. If you tend to stop for a day or more after traveling to your next anchorage this might be enough to recharge a big battery bank. People do live off-grid with all of the modern gadgets, plus 40 milking machines on solar alone. Just takes money and room for the array.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "aaroncostic" <aaron@...> wrote:
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> Lead by the explosion of Electric cars in the coming years & the advancement of battery technology, do you envision a battery bank strong enough to power larger boats in the not to distant future? I understand there may be such a thing now, but I am reffering to a viable option based on price and weight.
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> I am planning on building a medium sized houseboat 16' x 60' & having it built 14-15 years from now. (Retirement house)
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> Since none of us are fortune tellers, we will just be speculating. But speculating can be useful. . . .
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