T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] New Project: I Frances

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] New Project: I Frances

Hi;

I am new to this place too, and I do not have a boat yet.

There is an option to use standard 110V AC electric motor with a inverter.

However there would be loss at the conversion of DC to AC.

The other option is to get a DC motor. Ebay has a few. To connect

the motor strait to the battery for simplicity.

I have built nothing like that yet.

Gabe

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Dan <daneltravieso@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi there. I'm new to this group and new to the concept of electric propulsion - but what a great idea! I've just bought a 54' 15 ton steel v-hulled narrow boat with a noisy and smokey old Yanmar 8 hp diesel auxiliary yacht engine - it's badly mounted, blocking access to the engine room and the noise and vibration make the interior of the boat uninhabitable during cruising. So the sooner I get rid of that and replace it with a small silent electric motor the better.
I want this boat to run primarily on solar panels but will have a back up generator for extended range and cloud (!)
Any links/suggestions?
The marine electric propulsion motors are prohibitively expensive. Where do you look for cheap or second hand options? (eg. golf carts etc)
What size motor would I need for this weight and hull?
I have many questions but I better stop there for now!
Thanks, Dan.