[Healeys] Electrical problem NON HEALEY

[Michael Salter]

Many thanks to all who helped with this problem. I now have lots of ideas
of what to check.
Hopefully I'll get to the bottom of this problem soon and get back to
installing EFI in my BN2.

M

On Sat., Sep. 30, 2023, 11:39 a.m. Michael Salter, <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This group has been a huge help in the past and I am wondering if
> there are any electrical guys out there who can help me with a DC
> electrical problem.
>
> I'm trying to help my BIL with the propulsion system for a 30 ton
> wooden boat on our lake.
> This 100 year old boat was originally steam powered but in keeping
> with modern times it has been converted to electric propulsion.
> It is fitted with a 106 volt DC motor
> At normal cruise the motor draws 45 amps.
> It has eighteen 220 amp hour AGM batteries.
> The batteries are arranged in 2 banks of 9 in parallel so each bank
> produces 108 VDC
> By my calculations ...
> For a total of 45 amps each bank would deliver 22.5 amps.
> Consisting of 2.5 amps from each of the 9 batteries.
> Each battery is 220 amp hours.
> Presuming that you want to avoid discharging below 50% the usable
> capacity of each is 110 amp hours.
> So my calculation for the running time is 110/2.5 = 44 hours !!!!
> It only runs for about 20 minutes before the amperage starts dropping
> off rapidly.
>
> Are my calculations correct?
> If not, where are they wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> M
>
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