Hi Rick,
See if this helps:
https://sites.google.com/site/electricboating/Home
Much depends on where and how you sail - read that section twice! :)
Your boat is a little outside the "sweet spot" for a conversion using lead-acid batteries. The battery weight needed to run the motor you need (larger than my 6HP) will likely be too much to balance the weight coming out (your diesel/tank/hoses/etc). But, it's a great candidate for lithium-ion conversion (which is more expensive at first, but over time is actually about the same or a little less than lead-acid due to higher cycle life)
-Keith
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "SailorRick" <dickybrewer5@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone, I'm just curious if any of you can give me any tips on replacing my diesel motor with an electric, I'm wondering how feasible/affordable this is. I have a 37 foot O'day center cockpit sloop that needs a re-power. The 32 HP Universal Atomic Diesel motor is seized and I'm wondering if it would be possible to install an electric motor, where I would begin to look for such a motor, what size and weight I would be looking at etc... Any info would be helpful. I can rebuild or replace the diesel, but electric is appealing to me and I already have an 800 amp hour battery bank recharged by a kyocera solar panel with inline voltage regulator. I would probably have to add a diesel generator to accompany this set up. I've been looking and am trying to find good info on what the possiblities/limitations might be. I need to find out if it's possible to replace my current diesel motor with an electric - the motor I am thinking about replacing is a Universal Atomic 32 HP, four cylinder diesel, weighs about 400 pounds. Thanks and happy sailing! Ric
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