Hey guys, I am entertaining the idea of converting my V40 to a serial hybrid. Originally I was looking at Parallel systems, but they seem far more cost prohibitive then going serial (I thought the redundancy of parallel was a neat bonus).
Any rate, I have been looking a 20kw brush electric drives and seeing they are around $1,500 cad, lithium batteries for 100ah @12v seem to range from $700 to 1k Cad and gennies anywhere from 1k to 15k...
Questions are as such, my budget can be fairly decent but I prefer not to waste cash.. but I want something that will be extremely cheap to cruise and maintain for when I quit working. But what I would like is a Electric drive that could go for say 24hrs straight at 4-5 knots/hr? Or maybe 3-4???
I was thinking a 1,200 AH 12v Lifepo4 bank, 700 watt solar system, wind turbine and 7000 watt diesel genny (so i can keep the diesel tanks possibly...)
The math for electric drives is beyond me, but am I on the right course? Do i need to up it to a 24v 1200 ah bank? Bigger genny? Whats the opinions here? Also my wife is talking about going pure electric but im on the fence.. figure keep diesel for the stove/oven and maybe a heater at some point.. figured ovens draw to much power and if i have the Electric drive drawing power I may lose to much to quick...
Any rate the system I have been pricing out and figure I could do it for roughly 15k cad thanks to canadian tire money and other perks... the betamarine hybrid i was looking at would be 25k i believe was the quote and a new beta diesel was around 12k... so i am willing to pay a little premium to go electric... but if it is astoundingly more money i may just stay diesel... also the 1000 AH 12v chinese lifepo4 batteries they sell winston?? I think how much do those run.. if they are cheap.. i could always do 3 of them.. anyrate anyone want to give some advice or let me know how much i may be in to it for?
Also id be selling my westerbeke 40 in the pnw so i could offset cost doing that.
Any rate thanks for any insight sorry for the ramble.
Ab
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