Paul
Personally I was never keen on pod systems. I would worry about seals leaking and having to pull the boat $$ to repair them.
Capt. Mike
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From: Paul Hannah <pkhannah@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:44:40 +1000
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Subject: [Electric Boats] Conversion of 34' 10T sailboat to electric.
Hi,
As the subject say, I'm about to rip out the old deisel and convert my 34' 10T sailboat to electric.
I'm on the north east coast of australia so if anyone can recommend a dealer to talk to nearby, I'd appreciate a link/name.
The 2 options I'm working on at the moment are:
Propulsion
Option 1: Internal
* 2 x matching controllers (Alltrax AXE4844)
* 2 x bank of 15 (16 for easier mounting?) LiFePO4 Cell 3.2V 200Ah (Thunder Sky LFP200AHA)
We'll build the mounting system ourselves, the plan is to set it up to be able to handle another 1-2 motors in a similar range.
Option 2: Pod
* 2 x MasterVolt PodMaster 6.5 (I'm assuming this is steady-state power and they will burst above that if required?)
* 2 x controller as appropriate (it looks like they come with a matched controller.)
* 2 x battery banks as above.
Can't get a good price on the pods, but the bare motors/controller pairs are about $1,000 and the batteries about $10,000.
Charging
Wind
* 1(/2?) x 48v 400W Air-X Marine (might initially install one, see how that goes.)
Solar
* 4 x 12v 120W Solar.
Deisel
* 2.2KVA generator.
Marina
* 240v -> 48v charger.
That will come to $1,500 per Air-X and about the same for the panels and about $3,500 for the generator and $800 for the charger.
So in my mind I'm counting on around $20,000, but might creep higher.
Very interested in everyone's opinion before I jump in with both feet and all our savings.
Thanks,
Paul.
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