ePropulsion experience

harvey38 said:
I see quite a lot of these electric outboards marketed as Short Shaft, are they the equivalent to an I/C standard shaft?

I'm toying with getting one for use on a 2.5m tender, I think a shorty will be fine (easier to stow) but I'm a tad confused by the measurements.
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I also have this question, which wasn't really answered. ePropulsion suggest their "short" shaft is the same length as a conventional long shaft, and that you need an "extra short" shaft to be equivalent to a conventional short shaft.
Can anyone who has already bought the ePropulsion confirm which shaft length they bought?
Thanks
 
pipemma said:
I also have this question, which wasn't really answered. ePropulsion suggest their "short" shaft is the same length as a conventional long shaft, and that you need an "extra short" shaft to be equivalent to a conventional short shaft.
Can anyone who has already bought the ePropulsion confirm which shaft length they bought?
Thanks
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I bought a short and I should have bought the extra short. If anyone wants to swap?
 
pipemma said:
I also have this question, which wasn't really answered. ePropulsion suggest their "short" shaft is the same length as a conventional long shaft, and that you need an "extra short" shaft to be equivalent to a conventional short shaft.
Can anyone who has already bought the ePropulsion confirm which shaft length they bought?
Thanks
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I bought a short shaft for my Zodiac Milpro M9 dingy, way too long. Luckily Nestaway Boats swopped it for an extra short shaft.
Also have an AB AL 9 RIB and the extra short is perfect.
 
The boat that we looked at a couple of weeks ago had one of those long shaft Torquedos as an auxiliary to the Honda outboard, the owner was saying that it can push the little 20ft 1.2tonne semi displacement boat along at 4kn and the battery will last about 5 hours at that speed, thought it was not bad for two smallish 12V batteries that are charged by a solar panel on the cabin roof, well the batteries were slightly bigger than the engine start battery and smaller than the house battery.
 
snowbird30ds said:
I have a perfectly good 2.5 suzuki but SWMBO has been suffering from headaches since a head injury and has to wear ear defenders in the dinghy for more than a short trip at the moment, something silent would be worth having but it's a lot of cash to spend based on guesswork and a second battery is silly money.
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Spend the money and look after SWMBO. Once she is put off boating you are doomed. I speak from experience.
 
wonkywinch said:
Looking a buying a Spirit but my main concern is security as I don't fancy lugging the battery around when I pop to a pub or supermarket when ashore.

There is a good comparison with Torqeedo on the Nestaway site - Epropulsion Spirit PLUS & EVO 1kW Electric Outboard
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Early days for me so far with the epropulsion, but I lock the battery to the dinghy seat so that it is separate from the motor. The motor also has a lock accross the clamps. I take the magnetic kill cord fob with me to try and increase the look else where bit.
If a thief really wants it nothing will stop them.
 
Boathook said:
Early days for me so far with the epropulsion, but I lock the battery to the dinghy seat so that it is separate from the motor. The motor also has a lock accross the clamps. I take the magnetic kill cord fob with me to try and increase the look else where bit.
If a thief really wants it nothing will stop them.
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I take the same view and security tactics. One cannot be paranoid about it otherwise one would never leave the boat. If it gets nicked it is insured. As much as I dislike our society in this regard one has little choice but to roll with it.
 
I lock our conventional outboard to the transom but locks only stop honest people or opportunists. Down this part of the world they cut the transom out with a battery powered saw and take it with the outboard.
 
Same thought crossed my mind.
Just don't do what we did with our lifejackets in Fowey last year. We went for a long walk, got back tired and and low blood sugars and left them in the lockers and forgot to collect them. Only realised when we got to Plymouth/Cawsands. They were still there five days later on our way back home to the Fal. We always carry extras anyway.
 
snowbird30ds said:
Has anyone considered trying to run one on one of the much cheaper mountain bike 48v batteries as a backup in case of running out of charge? If viable £200 is a huge beer token saving over genuine spare battery even if only enough to get you back, it would make the prospect of carrying a spare much more viable financially.
They do say they'll run from an external 48v source.
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The prices ipropulsion changes for their batteries are close to extortion. I am sure that the "demand" for communication is mostly to make people swallow this. If they wanted to - and valued long term customer satisfaction and relationships - they could easily have moved the current and voltage sensing which travels in their proprietary link cable from battery to the motor/inverter to a small external unit which hocked on to any 48v battery. But oh no, you have to buy their battery at tripple (at least) prices. The cells in these batteries are ordinary Lifepo4 china made cells, and the comms surely must be a nmea2000/Devisenet derivative. Just like happened a decade ago with nmea2000 some smart people with some patience will be able to reengineer the command sentenses and then ipropulsion would have achieved nothing but having harassed the early birds who didn't have so many other opportunities in the e-outboard realm. Shortsighted and stupid.
 
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