Revisiting, original left below for context...
"Joe Wood" <anonymous@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:40085E31.5070702@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Think outside the box, Skip. What if you repowered with a Solomon
> Technology Electric Wheel. This is about the same size as your current
> transmission. Replace the roughly 200 gal water with 50 gal water and
> an RO watermaker and reduce the diesel to 50 gal too. Use the recovered
> space for the 144 VDC battery stack. Put a decent sized generator where
> the engine is. Now you've got almost infinite electric power to do
> other things with.
>
> See: http://www.solomontechnologies.com/
>
> Joe Wood
I did go there, and saw that the typical installation seemed to use 12hp
motors. How can this work if it takes 5 or more times that in Diesel?
As to our installation, it would require destroying the boat. I think
that
this might work only on bare-hull restorations or new building of boats.
However, we've moved on from the M46, and are considering looking at a
Hudson which has its engine removed already, so the thought occurred.
Has anyone here actually done an electric conversion (from an existing
diesel installation)? I'd love to hear about the process and the results.
L8R
Skip and Lydia, back in the hunt
--
"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ****p on a clear
night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize that you are
quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to you that in the
general scheme of things you are merely an insignificant speck on the
surface of the ocean; and are not nearly so im****tant or as
self-sufficient
as you thought you were. Which is an exceedingly wholesome thought, and
one
that may effect a permanent change in your de****tment that will be greatly
appreciated by your friends."- James S. Pitkin
>
>
> Skip Gundlach wrote:
> > Well, we're inching toward our purchase, and the 1980 boat it seems
likely
> > we'll buy has an engine of questionable condition. We'll have an
engine
> > survey on it and the generator if we succeed, but the broker asserts
that
> > diesel prices have come *way* down in recent years.
> >
> > So, the question arises - if I had to repower, in a 60-80HP class,
without
> > the installation costs, what are the typical available engines and
their
> > costs? I didn't discover any way (without getting into a discussion
with a
> > salesperson) to find that info on the web, at least about Yanmar...
> >
> > And, if you've done such a repower, what was your experience? Does
more
> > power fit in a smaller space (without resorting to turbos, which I'd
prefer
> > to avoid if I can)? Is it cheaper than, say, 5 or 10 years ago?
> >
> > Much of the discussions I've seen about repower seem to automatically
> > include a transmission. Is that because it's easy and cheap while
you're in
> > there already, or because there's incompatibility issues?
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > L8R
> >
> > Skip
> >
>
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