electric yacht
Electric Motor & Batteries Update
We have a way forward
Wiring
First 48V Battery bank connections
This feels like a whole set of big bits of progress. Hundreds of Busbars I've spent a couple more days making Busbars, these are what the battery banks and big items connect to. Each battery bank needs a +ve and a -ve busbar. The motor bank needs an
video
New Video: Battery and Electric Motor Panic. Have we got it all wrong? Can we fix it?
We are fitting an electric motor, and we have run into problems with the batteries we have bought, with British Standards and with Insurance. We have had to question all our decisions and struggle to find a way forward.
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Summary Weekly Newsletter, 7th September
The week our video has caught up with the Battery Panic
weekly newsletter
Weekly Newsletter, 7th September
The week our video has caught up with the Battery Panic
12v
Working 12V electrics
At last things are connected to power
12v
Slight priority change
Various external factors changing our priorities
solar panels
More Solar Progress
We are moving towards a massive 2,415watts of solar
Progress
Electrical Progress
Due to a strong, cold North Easterly blowing straight at our companionway we didn't feel like working with the main hatch open all day. Instead, we collected some stuff from our Storage Container. Then Jane started working on the first Dyneema Chainplate Loop for the main mast. Certainly