Re: [electricboats] 39' sloop conversion

As for a Gen set I am looking into hydrogen fuel cell solutions - while they currently struggle to deliver serious kW loads, performance is set to improve and the complete absence of fossil fuel use (and black water storage due to replacing the flush heads with composting ones) allows considerable onboard storage space to be repurposed ...

Kind regards,

Kai Rabenstein 

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On 18 May 2020, at 14:45, Darin <armyofpenguins@gmail.com> wrote:

Randy, that's an ambitious but pretty cool sounding project.  I'd love to hear how it turns out.  I imagine you must live somewhere there is lot's of sunshine!

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 5:52 AM Randy Cain <randylcain@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm just getting started on my complete conversion from sail to solar. I think I got the last ME1616 that Thunderstruck had in stock, sorry! I'm going with 57KWH of prismatics because, with a good bms to carefully manage SOC and balance, they will outlive me. The only issue is waiting for them to arrive from China. I am using the 4.8Kw of solar panels to charge the LiFePO4 battery and using TMS DC-DC for 12v house power. It's a 50a max inverter so there are 2 that work together to run the windlass. There are dual TMS2500 chargers for recharging from the grid when needed. There's no ICE generator. No fuel onboard at all. All above is per hull because the boat is a 34' Endeavour catamaran. My calculations theorize a 6kt continuous cruise speed with unlimited range on solar while charging and supplying house power needs.