Alan - Your explanation of the charging system seems to be the clearest. The output of the charger for the 801's battery was about 45 watts. I'm guessing that charging the lithium battery at a higher rate than 45 watts may shorten the life of the battery. Thanks. Steve S.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Ford" <alanford@...> wrote:
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> Looking at the video on the Torqeedo website, I am guessing that there is probably some sort of current limit on the charging circuit which will only let 45 watts into the battery, perhaps this is because of some parameters in the range calculation algorithms?... as well as considering that they would need some voltage step up circuitry to go from panels nominal 12 volts to +- 33 volts for charging the battery, there would be a current limiting factor there as well on the charging circuit.
> So I suppose you could have unlimited or very long range provided that the motor wasnt using more than say 1.5 amps.
> rgds
> Alan
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