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More electric power for the Johnson Sea Horse 85....
On Apr 30, 10:53*am, Tim wrote:
On Apr 30, 8:56*am, Loogypicker wrote: On Apr 30, 9:07*am, hk wrote: On 4/30/10 8:57 AM, Tim wrote: I'm doing some thinking. I'm not a slave to fashion, but I am to function. There's enough shaft space on the top of my v4's flywheel to mount another pulley, and I'm considering mounting about a 50-75 amp 12volt alternator on an external bracket and running a belt though the cowling. The reason why is because the meager 10 amp stator on the engine itself jsut isn't going to cut it. I can modify the brackets so the external alternator is independant of being under the hood with the gas fumes. I know the 85 will suck gas anyhow, so what's a bit extra drag? And I know the contraption will look like a tumr hanging off the side or rear of the engine, but I can do some specific cowling work to modify it so it isnt' so 'tacky' . *Even Rube Goldberg had good ideas... sometimes. But also like what *Gfretwell pointed out, once can make a charging system off a small gasoline lawnmower engine contraption. I've done this too. But there are some really neat, small and highly efficient alternators ont he market noow that have less drag of horspower to produce the same amount of wattage as apposed to even the automotive units made 20 years ago. In other words, I can make a simple 30 amp, self regulated unit run off a 40cc chain-saw engine.and the exhaust can be quieted down so you don't hear all the buzzing racket, and this can be an advantage because both engines would share the same fuel mixture. OR, I might ust go by an 1800w gasoline inverter power pack. Even though they may not go very far, the wheels are turning http://tinyurl.com/2ejjkbb About a grand, Honda, quiet, works...no experimentation needed. Unlikely to get you pulled over by Homeland Security types who think that device you built and plopped on your boat is a detonator for a nuclear device. -- The Tea Party's teabaggers are just the Republican base by another name.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Built and plopped on? Just because you have absolutely no mechanical skills doesn't mean that someone else doesn't.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I think this sums it up, Loog. "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. " Theodore Roosevelt- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Indeed, brother! |
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