Wednesday, October 12, 2011

[Electric Boats] Re: Torqeedo on Seawind Catamaran

 

Hi Joe,

Welcome to the lighter side... ;)

Eric
1964 Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30, 5.5kW Propulsion Marine drive, 8kWh TS LiFePO4 batteries

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "joemultihuller" <siudzinski@...> wrote:
>
> > From: Steve Dolan <sdolan@>
> (snip)
> > He does world cruising, into a fully electric house, cars and scooters. Sounds like our kind of guy¦
>
> Steve, thank you for the kind words but unfortunately we've suspended (temporarily?) our cruising lifestyle. Been lurking on this list, and made a few posts in the past. Yes, feel right at home here and appreciating so many great technical discussions.
>
> A better link specifically addressing preliminary Torqeedo 4.0 testing on my Seawind 1000 catamaran (and Torqeedo 2.0 on SeaCycle catamaran) is:
>
> http://www.katiekat.net/Cruise/KatieKat2011A.html#Torqeedo
>
> I have more usable data points but need to figure out how to do a nonlinear regression analysis to end up with a decent equation.
>
> Right now I've dismantled this setup and am experimenting with LiFePO4 batteries - specifically, Headway and ABAT (because I got them for a very good price), using CellPro8 balance chargers and CellLog monitors for bench testing. I'll be installing the Lithiums first into one of my EVs before taking to the boat as I want to ensure that I have a foolproof over- and under-voltage battery management system. Plan on posting when I have something concrete to show off.
>
> Have come realize that lead is sooooo last century... :-)
>
> JoeS.
>

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