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An example of "the lithium battery might start the fire, but your own planning choices might be what kill you". A bit alarmist/sensational to get YouTube views-- that's his "job"-- but still a lesson in here after a sailing couple died due to all of the above:

(sorry for all the typos and wrong word choices in my various posts across this forum: iPhone and multiple kid distractions; or for= are for; greening = gleening, reaidence= residence, and others along the way. I actually AP tested fully out of freshman year college English back when I was in...

It has to do with the instant and huge power draw of a windlass motor, and that’s what starting batteries or for. House banks of lithium, though, are less cut and dry depending on what you have for controllers and BMS type stuff, than the lead acid ones were, because they can supply big bursts...

My thought about the foil was more as anti-ventilation in reverse-- like an off label use-- not their traditional purpose. But, glad you have good reverse. Can you move the Navy's further apart? Without doing the math, that might not help enough anyways. Is there a push button throttle option...

Do you have the two Navy motors with separate throttles like traditional gas "twins"? Are you able to rotate in place (zero turn mower / tank)? With all the electricity on board, maybe you could add an electric bow thruster (could just be a spot lock type trolling motor clamped on the bow rail...

I found one of RC's articles showing a bait-and-switch warning about the ecosystem Will Prowse operates in (note, he does encourage people to watch his videos, it's not an issue caused by Will), in that these manufacturers will send him a good battery with superior internals for review, then...

Well, it was the plan(/hope), and why I went with this one over any of the others. I’m going to test it first before selling the 6hp, but it should get me 3+ knots (and a few hours of runtime) at full power (many more at half power) in fair weather no current on the 22, using a 100Ah 12v house...

:) well, once I recognized there’s nothing like it on the market, noise or otherwise, as well suited for what I wanted to do, and that I’d be “stuck” with a 4stroke as backup without it, I knew I had to act fast. Plus, they sell out each spring and I didn’t want to miss out. I spent way too much...

Lost the edit window... In case it comes up, the idea behind this was minimizing mixing of battery chemistry (and states of charge between lithium), and to not have the EP Carry, drawing off the house battery, then over-draw itself from the starter lead battery, which can't be kept up with via...

I'm replacing my 6hp gas kicker with an EP Carry electric outboard, ordered just yestearday. This is basically a 270W highly efficient motor (motor/gear/prop/no seals = efficiency max), which matches a Torqueedo 603 in terms of propulsive power but using half the energy to do so, and with all...

To Joe's credit, I feel I owe it to him to post an addendum to my earlier message, saying that he emailed again separately, realizing he missed the decibels between old vs new, to say "We don't have any numbers on something so specific. I'll try to get a video today that might be helpful for...

That’s a good philosophy. I bought the EP Carry when you were writing this; our messages crossed (above). Now to live with it!

Typo: you don’t add 2.5, you “get” that total. I started and stopped that message at various times and changed my tables at various times. Wish I could edit it.

Purchased EP Carry sans battery, plus extra prop and 3ft cord extension. Shipping was $203 from WA to RI. Total out the door price (sans battery) $1860.80. Will get a little battery for dinghy use, try it on the big boat, and test it to see what size to get for kicker power. If it doesn't work...

Turns out that while no, you can't use an external battery on the eLite motor, you CAN hook it up via a very efficient solar charger (with 12V battery option) for use as a range extender. One person I saw then added solar to that battery, but you need a big system for the solar to matter (and I...

Some more data points: A brand new 6hp four stroke ($1700) AND an epropulsion eLite ($1300) would be $3000, covering all my bases except heavier loads as my boys grow, vs $2300 for the EP Carry with extra prop and battery cord for your own. A single 8hp EFI from Tohatsu/Mercury is $2500. Both of...

Thanks, RobInWA. I spent an honest 8 hours today (and a few last night) learning everything I could about sub-3hp electric outboards (eg, Torqueedo Travel, ePropulsion eLite, and EP Carry), as well as what's available now vs what is still at "boat show only" stage. Now is not a good time to buy...

Hi, Bob. In researching the Electric Paddle “brand”, I found a YouTube video where the owner compared his motor to others, broken out by categories: “elevated, purpose built platform motors” ( EP Carry; Ray Electric); “elevated gas conversion platforms” (Elco, Stealth Electric, Flux Marine...

missed my edit window… eLite is only $1300 now

Bringing this back a bit. This week I bought the dinghy for our 22, a new Achilles LSI-290E air floor hypalon, 9.5', 77lbs (stated weight, haven't weighed.. or even opened the box). The c-dory roof is basically 8.5', but there's four of us (2 parents, 2 young boys), and so it's the best...