My DIY electric outboard.

[Croak]

 

[sailorman]

CE marked as well, impresive

 

[Croak]

I imagine the CE stands for Chinese Export

 

[Rigger Mortice]

Brilliant! Real PBO.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Bonkers! Well done..

 

[sailorman]

All that req now is a propane powered generator

 

[Croak]

Solar with a Kipor generator backup.

 

[sarabande]

neat. I like reversing the polarity to make the motor run backwards.


Can I beg you to wrap some tape round those rotating clips, though, please ?

 

[Croak]

neat. I like reversing the polarity to make the motor run backwards.


Can I beg you to wrap some tape round those rotating clips, though, please ?

It is just a prototype at the moment to see if the motor rotates the prop fast enough for some decent forward motion.

Sadly the motor runs faster with the correct polarity. faster backwards.

I need to find a cheap 24v controller.

 

[30boat]

Impressive.What's the motor?

 

[TonyBuckley]

What is the motor? Washing machine?

 

[Rigger Mortice]

I need to find a cheap 24v controller.

Cheap enough? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-...porting_Goods_Scooters_LE&hash=item27e3631fba
Dunno if it's powerful enough.

 

[Croak]

The motor is from an electric scooter.

like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250W-Elec...rike_Parts_Accessories_SM&hash=item27e0723c20

And yes I should have thought of an electric scooter controller.....

I my defense the electric scooter It came on didn't have a controller.

 

[Otter]

Would you need to vary the speed? On or off is simple enough. One use I've found for the electric o/b is helping row against a tide or wind. Set it up and it makes much lighter work of the job.

 

[Croak]

I quite like the two speeds 12v and 24v It would be nice to just switch between the two rather than juggle with crocodile clips and sparks

 

[MYStargazer]

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

 

[James_Calvert]

Brilliant!

But there'll be someone along in a minute to say you ought to double up on those jubilee clips....

Oh I just did.

 

[Croak]

Yes and change the gas pipe every 5 years. I was wearing a life jacket though.

 

[Downsman]

Brilliant! Great idea....BUT you've failed the fashion test..green seaboots..jeeez!

 

[grafozz]

Brilliant! Great idea....BUT you've failed the fashion test..green seaboots..jeeez!

+1 LOL !