Re: Electric outboard question

Robin,

Thanks Robin,

The 15 miles is round trip, so he should be ok or fairly close.

Kellan


--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Robin" <rkirk@t...> wrote:
> I have a large MinKota which is good for about 5 hours at medium
speed with a 110 amp hour deep cycle battery. He might get seven
hours at about 3mph, so he would still have a 9 mile paddle if it's
a round trip. You can't take the battery below a 25% charge without
risking damage to it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dagon_gsl
> To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:56 PM
> Subject: [bolger] Electric outboard question
>
>
> I know there's someone out there with electric outboard
experience.
>
> A friend of mine is taking his new electric powered canoe on a
15
> mile trip and wants to know if his battery charge will get him
there
> or if not, how much paddling he should plan on. I don't know any
> details but it's a medium-sized molded Old Town canoe with one
> of the smaller Minnkota outboards and a single battery.
>
> Any wild guesses at approximately what kind of range he might
> expect on calm water with a load of approx 250 lbs (operator,
> battery & gear) or some kind of simple formula for calculating a
> rought estimate?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kellan
>
>
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I have a large MinKota which is good for about 5 hours at medium speed with a 110 amp hour deep cycle battery. He might get seven hours at about 3mph, so he would still have a 9 mile paddle if it's a round trip. You can't take the battery below a 25% charge without risking damage to it.
----- Original Message -----
From: dagon_gsl
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:56 PM
Subject: [bolger] Electric outboard question


I know there's someone out there with electric outboard experience.

A friend of mine is taking his new electric powered canoe on a 15
mile trip and wants to know if his battery charge will get him there
or if not, how much paddling he should plan on. I don't know any
details but it's a medium-sized molded Old Town canoe with one
of the smaller Minnkota outboards and a single battery.

Any wild guesses at approximately what kind of range he might
expect on calm water with a load of approx 250 lbs (operator,
battery & gear) or some kind of simple formula for calculating a
rought estimate?

Thanks,

Kellan



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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I know there's someone out there with electric outboard experience.

A friend of mine is taking his new electric powered canoe on a 15
mile trip and wants to know if his battery charge will get him there
or if not, how much paddling he should plan on. I don't know any
details but it's a medium-sized molded Old Town canoe with one
of the smaller Minnkota outboards and a single battery.

Any wild guesses at approximately what kind of range he might
expect on calm water with a load of approx 250 lbs (operator,
battery & gear) or some kind of simple formula for calculating a
rought estimate?

Thanks,

Kellan