--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Eric" <ewdysar@...> wrote:
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> Hi sloop_wasnt_me,
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> Just answering your regen question, I'll reference some of my previous posts on this forum. You can check post #16405 from 11/24/2010 ans post #16453 from 11/29/2010.
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> The short version is that with a 27' boat, you shouldn't count on any regen to cover anything above and beyond normal 12V house loads. Regen will not put a noticable amount of charge back into your traction batteries on anything less than a multi-day passage.
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That's about what I figured. I hadn't hoped for much more. But if it will keep up with the house load and have a little left over, and over a long-ish passage bring the batts up so I can use the electric drive for docking, I am okay with that. Also considering a wind generator. I might even homebrew one, using another 3001 motor and the same controller. Thanks for the reply!
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