Thanks for all your replies, its greatly appreciated. The reason that I'm asking the question about gear reduction or direct drive is because of the simplicity in the setup, without the gear reduction (as I see it), and that a gear reduction setup is at bit pricey. I live in Denmark and with postage, taxes and customs (+25% + 3%) the gear reduction is quite costly for me. I guess the gear reduction is the way to go, and I'll be looking into getting a setup made locally instead of getting it shipped from the states.
Thanks!
I'm not sure how I misquoted anything.
I was only wondering if having a reduction gear would make you use more power to go a designated distance as opposed to using direct drive?
On 6/16/2019 2:33 PM, Hydroweb Yahoo hydroweb@yahoo.com [electricboats] wrote:
Whoa what does all this mean why is this stuff so confusing?
On Jun 16, 2019, at 11:45 AM, pembertonkevin pembertonkevin@gmail.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Wow! Somehow my post on this thread is misquoted. Truth be told none of my post was quoted..
Anyhow, as long as the motor is turning it is not locked rotor. In the past some have said direct drive did not work for them.
A motor rpm is a mechanical thing( much better that it stays together right?).Running at slower rpm the fan will not move as much air. Better to remove the motors fan and use a thermostat controlled fan to keep the motor heat within design limits.
Keep in mind the hp ratings of an electric motor is with fan in place, you will be increasing hp a little bit and not use as many watts if the fan has been removed. You will still use power with the external fan, but because your fan is better controlled you should not use as much.
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-------- Original message --------From: "Bill Farina bfarina@venture-1.com [electricboats]" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>Date: 6/15/19 7:15 PM (GMT-07:00)Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Albin Vega direct drive?
Another thing that would seem to be problematic with using a reduction gear would be that higher RPM would mean greater power consumption for distance covered. Is this true?
On 6/15/2019 8:06 AM, Kevin Pemberton pembertonkevin@gmail.com [electricboats] wrote:
Can anyone confirm this is accurate and does anyone here use their motor without the gear reduction and simply avoid pushing the motor higher than the 2500 rpm the prop works best at?
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