So I right here I’m, pondering I used to be all intelligent n’ stuff by deciding to go electrical for the outboard for my Hobie 33 reclamation venture. I did the analysis, talked to a few execs within the discipline, and made a fairly knowledgeable determination.
I selected a Newport NT300 Electrical Outboard Motor – 1300W Brushless Direct Drive, Extremely-Quiet, Upkeep-Free, Transportable, Digital Throttle with LCD Show, mixed with a OGRPHY 36V Lithium Battery, 3.84KWh battery with 200A BMS, 25A Lifepo4 Battery with Charger, 1000A Peak Present. It got here with a battery charger, battery monitor and a rectifier to transform the 36v to 12v for any boat 12v wants.
All very cheap, cost-wise at $1,800 bucks.
The enhancements in lithium batteries as of late are fairly good, and we situated it the place the 12v battery would go, and ran the suitable wiring to the outboard space for straightforward plug in/plug out entry.
Just about plug and play, proper? A cursory take a look at the photograph says in any other case! Yeah, there’s plenty of work that goes into correctly setting our association up, and that’s my dude Chris Donothan again there gettin’ jiggy with it. So sure the wiring and the slicing and the drilling and the mounting and…
However nonetheless, that oughta do it., proper? Flawed.
Ya see, attempting to suit one thing fashionable and completely different that this 41-year-old boat by no means meant to have. In case you don’t learn about Hobie 33’s, they’d an outboard properly behind the boat, which was each intelligent and limiting.
As pictured here, we needed to take away the throttle/management arm to get it to slot in the properly, and even then, there are a few mods we now have to do to get it to rotate and decrease into place and get it to remain there, particularly when placing it in reverse. We’ve got a mounting plate for the arm, and simply want to determine the place to place it!
Plus, the plug that’s inserted within the gap within the water when the outboard is retracted stays in place with the load of a a lot heavier fuel outboard, as designed. The lighter electrical gained’t do it, so Chris is creating a intelligent pin system to maintain it in it’s place .
As The D O double G as soon as mentioned, “If it ain’t one thing, its a mothafuckin’ other”
However I believe we’re going to be proud of this. We aren’t going to ask a lot from it – simply to motor to the beginning and again from the beginning space in San Diego Bay. The 36v battery will simply deal with that and push the boat at round 4.5 knots.
No fuel, no oil, no scent, no pulling the fuckin factor 40 occasions to get it began. I can’t miss that. – ed.
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