T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] battery bank question

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Re: [Electric Boats] battery bank question

Hi Dominic,

Thanks for your inquiry. We typically do not recommend 6 volt batteries because there is no way to manage them. Over time, all batteries go our of balance and if this becomes significant it will ruin the battery bank and you would have to replace all of them at the same time.

We recommend Pure Lead Batteries. These batteries can be paralleled. We do not recommend any other type of battery to be paralleled for safety reasons.

Locating the batteries in different positions on the boat is no problem. You will want to run the positive and negative cables in the same bundle on the way to and from the remote battery to prevent any Electro Magnetic Interference with compasses etc aboard the boat.

The Electroprop Sailor is perfect for a Tartan 30C.

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance,

thanks,

James

James Lambden
The Electric Propeller Company
625C East Haley Street,
Santa Barbara, CA
93103

805 455 8444

james@electroprop.com

www.electroprop.com

On Feb 16, 2016, at 7:53 AM, philip.l.probert@gmail.com [electricboats] wrote:

I have a Tartan 30C that I'm converting to electric. I've removed the old A4 and am in the process of modifying the engine compartment for the the batteries. The problem is that, however I configure things, all of the batteries are not going to fit in this space. Right now, I have a plan to use 6V batteries for my 48V system but one or two batteries would need to be placed in a different location. The total distance (cable run) away would be about 50". With the proper size cable, is this acceptable? Thanks for any help.

Also, if anyone has any experience with a Tartan 30 electric conversion I'd love to know what prop you're using.....

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Posted by: James Lambden <james@electroprop.com>

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