[Rhodes22-list] Electric Motor

[stan]

David, the one we have is in its carton packed like it was never removed 
but I lifted out one packing panel and was able to feel the prop edge 
and my guess is it has been used.

The carton has two model #s on it so my guess here is that this carton 
works for both models and I don't know which one this is:

         TRAVEL  503 L     TRAVEL 1003 L

Without my taking it out do you know the difference between these two 
models.  I assume they are both 3 HP, Long Shaft.

Should we rule this motor out for your quest?

stan


On 6/5/20 8:52 PM, David Keyes wrote:
> Charles, if you ever want to come down to Austin on a weekend, we can sail together on my R22 (badly in need of maintenance, however)—and after I get a motor to get out of my boat slip.
> David
>
>> On Jun 5, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Charles Nieman <blue66corvette at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I bought the 3hp this spring; it’s great. Max speed on a flat lake is about 4 mph. I haven’t tried to see what it will do against a strong head wind. But I am very pleased. I store motor in cabin, and carry 8lb battery home to charge between trips. It may not work for everyone, but it is perfect for the small lake in Dallas where I sail.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> Charles Nieman
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2020, at 12:01 PM, Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all :
>>> Torqueedo has a remote control if you don't like the tiller  control. I
>>> also bought a add-on from them that allows you to charge the battery on the
>>> Travel models from house battery using a 12 volt plug cable. (About $50).
>>> They also make a solar charger for the travel models.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Shawn
>>> s/v Sweet Baboo
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 8:50 AM David Keyes <rhodes22dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, I just thought of a problem (about using an electric motor with
>>>> heavy batteries installed onboard).   My lake (Lake Travis, Austin, Texas)
>>>> has large fluctuations—up to 80 or 90 feet—in dry weather when the City of
>>>> Austin and many downstream water users (rice farmers and downstream
>>>> industries all the way to the Gulf of Mexico) take water out of the lake.
>>>> Some summers, when the lake gets very low, our marina has to move it’s
>>>> docks out from their cove and into the deeper parts of the lake—where there
>>>> is no shore power.  So a motor such as the Torqeedo 2.0 or 4.0 would be
>>>> inoperative for an entire summer.
>>>>
>>>> This would not be a problem with the small, 3 hp equivalent, Torqeedo C
>>>> 1103–its relatively light battery can be carried back and forth, charged at
>>>> home, and snapped back into the engine top, where it looks like part of the
>>>> engine.
>>>>
>>>> Problems: low power and range, rated for sailboats only up to 1-1/2 tons,
>>>> and steering and throttle only by its non-removable tiller.  I have Stan’s
>>>> electric motor lift, which is so close to the boat that I would either have
>>>> to replace the lift or devise a bracket or pin at the motor top clear of
>>>> the snap-in battery that sits there.  The bracket or pin would permit
>>>> attachment to the cross-arm that pivots from the sailboat’s rudder head.
>>>> Also, this could work only if the motor’s tiller can be rotated to a
>>>> vertical position so as not to hit the transom.
>>>>
>>>> David Keyes
>>>> S/V Arrowhead II (if a name were painted on it, which it isn’t)
>>>> Lake Travis
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 4, 2020, at 3:06 AM, jose <jose.faraldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>
>>>>> You're quite right; the remote throttle is significantly wider than the
>>>>> tiller, so I doubt there would be a good way to mount it there - though I
>>>>> might lack imagination. In our boat Stan mounted the throttle on the
>>>>> port-side gunwale (see picture attached), so it is within reach while
>>>>> handling the tiller.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jose
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t665/throttle.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
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