Solar Electric motor on a yacht- Episode 2-The 15kw LIFEPO4 Bank
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Our conversion to a solar electric motor continues as we install the 15kw LIFEPO4 battery bank to run the motor. Our progress is not without various setbacks. Many aspects of LIFEPO4 cells are covered in this installation.
That's quite a system Andrew! Thanks for the run through. As you say, treat them with the respect they deserve and you should be OK. How about a follow up a year down the track on how well the system is working for you, and if you would do anything different? All the best!
Thank you Bruce! Good idea on the one year report, now that I've finally got a proper utube channel launched. The house bank is a couple of years old already and feel just like brand new, so I feel very confident the one year report will be glowing.
Great video Andrew, very informative and inspiring. Looking forward to part 3 😊
Thank you Will and Gillian! I think I need to show people how it actually goes now! I've been tinkering with the cooling system still but that is all but sorted now.
@@AndrewStransky-cc2dr we look forward to that
Very neat set up Andy, can’t wait to see how this new electric motor performs.
Thanks Mark! Yes, I think everyone wants to see how it actually performs. I've been finalizing the cooling system and that's virtually sorted now so that key episode is not far off!
Hello Andrew, great work. I am in Perth, Western Australia. I'd like to do an electric drive for my 38' steel mono. A parts list and supply companies would be awesome.
Yes, parts list coming up.
Thanks for taking the time to document the install. Valuable info there for anyone considering such a set up
Thank you so much Graham, very much appreciated. I am very honoured you got useful information from this video.
3.6V is right at the edge of what the cells can make. If recommended to keep them lower around 3.45V. You will lose an insignificant amount of capacity but gain a lot of safety margin and less wear on the cells.
Yes, I'm always intrigued by this point. The actual specification sheet from EVE says if these cells are charged to 3.65 v and discharged to 2.5v then after 6000 cycles the cells will be at 80%. Being less close to the very peak seems to be a good trade-off to a very small capacity gain.
For a beginner struggling with amps vs amp-hrs, that's quite an achievement!
It's pretty much the same as fuel consumption.
Cool video, how much does your boat weigh?
Thank you! It is pretty light at 7500kg for a 50 foot cat. That's with no water in the tanks but with general cruising equipment.
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Thank you for your support and thumbs up. I'm intrigued by what the No79 means though?
@@AndrewStransky-cc2dr The like number under your video. You have very good scientific and journalistic material.
@@СергейКири Ok, right, and thank you very much, I'm honoured!
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i still see people tring to cram solar panells onto sail boats,and just dont know why they arnt using flex panels made into sails thats an insane amount of surface area
It does seem this type of technology has a way to go yet. We've always just tried to use less power and sail more, but we love the fruits of technology.
@@AndrewStransky-cc2dr justin from grin techknowlegies in canada has made one of the best solar sail boat diy conversions,he runs one of the biggest ebike equipment companies,his videos are on here ,worth checking out