Hummmm,
You going to say that the motor is as efficient at a crawl as it is a a
reasonable speed? I do know that when a computer is run no matter what
the draw it will not collect condensate on the boards. Motors run above
ambient temperatures, typically 60 deg. no matter what the load.
I have never had the luxury of an umbilical cord to any of my past
boats. I did keep the lantern on the bulk head lit when it was cold.
That said I don't know what cold on a boat feels like (southern cal when
in the states). I have transported computers in plastic bags in the
north to reduce condensate problems. Then plug them in while still
wrapped in the bag to warm the boards. Didn't keep them in the bag for
long or they would overheat.
Anyhow All I was doing is throwing another idea in the hat. Guess
someone will have to try it and see if condensate on their electrics is
reduced.
Kevin Pemberton
On 12/03/2012 09:48 AM, matwete@comcast.net wrote:
> Didn't think of that.... :-)
> That reminds me of the scene in the first Twilight movie where some bad vampires are trying to drive a boat up onto the dock...coincidentally, my electric boat is in that scene in the adjacent slip...
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> From: "Reid" <axius@telus.net>
> To: <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Paint for ME0913(Think inside the box)
> Date: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 7:45 am
> Myles,
>
> Did you miss the point that trying to push the boat up on the dock has the huge beneficial effect of reducing the formation of ice around the boat? Nutty posts seem to produce immaculate conceptions.
>
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> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Myles Twete" <matwete@...> wrote:
>
>> Sure, watts are watts.
>>
>> And while you're taking your watts this far out of the box, you need to take
>> this a step further. You're talking about turning the motor continuously
>> enough to generate 60watts of heat. Let's look at this number. Pretty much
>> every motor controller we use on these boats is around 95% efficient and
>> many or most of our motors are between 80 and 90% efficient, even more so at
>> the very low current end of things. Combined, you're looking at, say, 90%
>> efficiency or better in converting energy from controller power to
>> mechanical energy out of the motor. And so, you propose that we run the
>> motor to lose 60watts to heat. But unless you are talking about highly
>> loading your motor, you need to draw 600watts from your batteries
>> continuously to lose 60 watts to heat. Please tell me how this is not a
>> waste and how the power delivered to the prop wouldn't try to push my boat
>> up on the dock.
>>
>> Maybe I didn't get something in what you were suggesting here, but as I see
>> it, unless you have something highly loading the motor shaft to bring the
>> efficiency down a LOT, the motor and controller just aren't going to be
>> generating 60watts of heat. It's interesting: An ETEK motor is so efficient
>> at low power that I was able to turn the prop on my outboard by powering my
>> motor with a single D-cell battery---IIRC, it was 1.5v @ 2amps and the prop
>> was turning.
>>
>> -Myles
>>
>> From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Kevin Pemberton
>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:10 AM
>> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Paint for ME0913(Think inside the box)
>>
>>
>> Folks,
>> Watts is Watts. Any and all watts not converted to motion, in our
>> case(work), is heat energy that we look at as waste. A light of any sort
>> will have waste energy emitted. Why waste energy? because we are looking for
>> light(used as a heater the waste energy is the light). If we loose 100w of
>> power to produce light, we have 100w of heat energy to get rid of or use. A
>> simple carbon resistor, a simple FET drive circuit, or any other item we
>> feed power into will have some waste energy emitted. Why? because we have no
>> perfect devices, or circuits.
>> To the point! We have electric boats! Electric boats have excess waste
>> energy. we keep wondering how to get rid of the heat. Is any one with me
>> yet! Electricians are in charge of turning motors before the job is released
>> to the customer, even before it is installed. This is to save the bearings
>> by keeping the grease in motion so it will not harden and it is believed
>> that it will keep the balls and race free of flat spots. If your boat is in
>> a slip, or... well if you are going to run a light bulb for 100w of heat.
>> Why not run the drive enough to produce 60w of direct heat? It will keep the
>> circuits warm, so condensate will not form on them. It will keep the
>> batteries on float - slow charge. It will keep the motor slowly turning and
>> keep the bearings moving, the motor warm enough to stop condensate. An added
>> benefit it should reduce chaff on the lines.
>> You will not be wasting energy, and money on any other heating element, and
>> applying heat where wanted. You will be keeping all electrolyte capacitors
>> with a charge in them. The bearings worked, to keep the grease and balls
>> moving(no bearing replacement because the grease has hardened the bearing
>> balls and races will be better off because of it. If your motor has brushes
>> the wear will be minimum because we are not talking moving the boat, just
>> rotating the shaft(make a box for over the prop if you feel it is needed I
>> would not, think of moving water as a discouragement for ice formation
>> around the boat). Not to mention that seals with lube all the time, do seem
>> to last longer.
>> If you have limited resource(power) you can set up a timer to cycle the
>> drive. We are talking about parts count here(timer) that will be more
>> expensive than a few light fixtures, for each location you are worried about
>> condensation, but one item located some place on the boat should not change
>> things as much as you prepare for a launch into the drink (using light
>> fixtures would likely add much more time).
>> Kevin Pemberton
>> On 11/28/2012 07:22 PM, Reid wrote:
>> Pat,
>> I am intrigued. Are you saying that we have been wrong all these years
>> trying to get the kids to turn out the lights? When the house is heated by
>> electricity, it will cost the same whether you leave all the incandescent
>> lights on or not? Of coarse some of the light escapes through the windows,
>> so this is a loss. And there is no loss of conversion from heat to light
>> and back to heat? Interesting.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "greenpjs04" <mailto:forums@>
>> <forums@> wrote:
>>
>> Just a comment about light bulbs... Incandescent bulbs (ie, not florescent,
>> CFL, LED, etc) are a pure resistive load. In other words, they are not
>> indictive or capacitive. Therefore they make pretty good heaters for
>> enclosed spaces. A 100 watt bulb, will supply 100 watts of heat to an
>> enclosed space. Some of that (more than you might guess) is directly
>> produced as heat while the rest of comes away from the bulb as light. That
>> light, however, then gets absorbed by "stuff" in the space and gets
>> converted to heat.
>>
>> I would still recommend buying parts designed to be used as heaters such as
>> the one you recommended because light bulbs can easily get broken and they
>> burn out, but light bulbs do work as heaters.
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>
>> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Reid" <axius@> wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>> That is the perfect part for the job. Most people don't seem to >realize
>> that you want a pure resistive load to generate heat, not a >light bulb.
>>
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