Sunday, June 23, 2013

Re: [Electric Boats] Minnkotas

 

You still will have doubled your power - watts.

eric SV Meander

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "stmbtwle" <stmbtwle@...> wrote:
>
> Aye, there's the rub. Paddling a loaded canoe five miles against the tide is not my idea of fun; if it were I wouldn't bother with the motor!
>
> If I were to keep the total amps to no more than the motor was designed for (say with a circuit breaker) could I avoid this?
>
> Willie
>
> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, George Schnellman <vectorges@> wrote:
> >
> > DC motors are very forgiving of the voltage supplied. at no-load the rpm
> > will be directly proportional to the voltage., Double the voltage and you
> > double the rpm. Triple the voltage and you triple the rpm. This holds right
> > to the point 2 nanoseconds before the armature gets too hot and melts and
> > the operator says, "Wow, I didn't see that coming".
> >
> > Be careful how much voltage you apply. Generally you will shorten the life
> > of your equipment. It would not be fun to be an hour into a cruise and have
> > the motor melt and have to paddle back.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 8:43 AM, stmbtwle <stmbtwle@> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > I wasn't aware you could run a 12v Minn Kota on 24v... Good idea, I'll
> > > have to look into that. What kind of controller did you use?
> > >
> > > Willie
>

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