Sunday, July 24, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] first outing - commissioning

 

Hi Eric,

These numbers look a lot more consistent. Congrats on your conversion.

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, erichmadison <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> Here are some more details as requested by Eric, as well as some new data. Note this data is taken from the battery monitor. The time/hours figure is time remaining estimated by the system controller or battery monitor--it does not indicate the hours traveled at a given speed.
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> I also declined to post any weather conditions to avoid confusion--probably not too relevant anyway. The lake on which I sail can tend to have strange currents, sometimes perpendicular to the wind, so let's assume conditions were calm.
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> Thanks
>
> Eric
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>
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> Electric Yacht 100ibl system (motor is a Mars, but not sure what the model # is)
> 100Ah AGM battery bank
> Sillette MK2 outdrive (reduction drive 2:1)
> 14" 3-blade fixed prop, 11" pitch
>
> KNOTS (GPS) / HOURS REMAINING / AMPS / VOLTS / RPM
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> 2.4 / 14.6 / 6 / 50 / 720
> 2.8 / 8.5 / 10 / 50 / 920
> 3.7 / 3.6 / 23 / 49 / 1170
> 4 / 2.7 / 29 / 49 / 1290
> 4.6 / 1.6 / 47 / 48 / 1460
> 5 / 1.2 / 63 / 48 / 1730
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