1st - That sounds like a really cool way to spend your retirement.CID1990 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 4:40 pmTypically, with a conventional rig which involves a diesel auxiliary, you have a house bank that runs the boat, and a dedicated bank to start the auxiliary diesel. That’s because conventional rigs rely at least marginally on the alternator to charge the house bank. So they are separate.houndawg wrote:
Does a sailboat use separate batteries for the motor?
I wonder what the battery from the new F-150 could do in a marine application
Now, with some boats going electric, you don’t need separate battery banks. The really sexy stuff is in regenerative charging - i.e. - when you arent running the electric motor, the prop spins freely, recharging the bank. Add enough solar and wind to that and you’re in business.
I plan to do most of my cruising in higher latitudes, up to and including the Arctic Circle, so I’m interested in the new battery tech coming out that will help me when Im getting sun just 20% of the time.
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2nd - The regenerative charging is such a smart idea. You would think that something like that should / would become standard or a fairly easy update to an existing system.
3rd - The Artic Circle - Why? Also, aside from it being in the north pole - how far north will you go and are sail boats today well designed to combat the ice (if you go too far north?) I know next to nothing about the AC so excuse the ignorance.