Hey Winfield I have a couple solar pontoon boat creations/conversions and so far with using just AGM I've had good success. Range isn't that great but usually isn't required as these craft are usually lake/harbor bound not open ocean. Someday I may change out to Lithium to increase range/reduce weight but where I can get UPS batteries for next free it's a hard sell.
FYI if anyone is looking into doing there own conversions and learning more about marine electrical systems I would strongly recommend the American Boating and Yachting Council (ABYC) courses. I had the fantastic opportunity to take a course taught by Ed Sherman, who is also the writer of the "The 12-Volt Bible for Boats" . Electrical standards for boats are a little bit different than street vehicle and I found the course to be very informative. Overalll I found the ABYC program was written for safety sake, not for strict policy enforcement but my government (Canada) and US follow the standard. Thanks, Dan Baker http://www.evalbum.com/3432 http://www.evalbum.com/4767 http://www.evalbum.com/4451 http://www.evalbum.com/4544 On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 8:29 AM, winfield...@yahoo.com, < winfield...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Is a pontoon boat with complete PV Bimini reasonable? Already have 740w > of 24v panels (4) > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: jerry freedomev <freedo...@yahoo.com> > Date:12/27/2013 10:52 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Sailboat conversion > > Hi Michael, Rush and All, > > I'm doing a solar powered one now to move on when my house > sells. Heavy old style wood boats are not the best choice for EV use > unless they are racer./fast types that just needs 4 -10 mile range to get > out to sailing area and later coming back to the dock. > > If the boat is a very good sailboat it works as you are mostly > sailing. Also you can use sailing power to recharge the batteries from the > spinning prop. > > Best EV boats are light trailer sailers that need little power > to move and can hold decent battery weight without a problem. longer and > leaner/canoe style are best as the most eff thus why mine is a 34' > trimaran. It'll have both EV motor and tidal generator and wind generator > though they are really doing life testing. Eventually I'l put up 1kw of PV > to run everything including the A/C needed to survive the summer. > > So no lack of electric power plus a gasoline DC generator from > my lightweight EV 's range extender. > > Rush you can have him email me with details of the boat for a > better idea if it's viable. I use forklift motors and contactor > controllers as 3 speeds and reverse is enough for much lower costs. Though > if regen// tidal power is wanted a PM or AC motor needs to be used but they > are not that expensive anymore. > > My body no longer allows me to do that kind of bending work > but happy to help with advice.. It takes me 4-8x's the time to do things > as I use to. but with good planning I can still do things, just takes > longer. > > > Jerry Dycus > > > > On Friday, December 27, 2013 8:47 PM, Michael Hurley <mep...@mac.com> > wrote: > > On Dec 26, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Steve Clunn <gasblast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does anybody have any experience in converting a sailboat, 40ft wooden > hull, > > from a diesel to electric? My dad wants to take out his smelly diesel and > > replace it with Elec motor, batteries and generator. The boat is > presently > > on the Eastern shore, he is in FL. > > Jerry Dycus (on this list) lives in Florida, has experience building boats > from scratch and builds electric vehicles as well. 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