Re: Electric vs. gas motor question
LIONEL GALIBERT (LGALIBERT/0002045954@mcimail.com)
Sat, 05 Jun 1999 22:15:32 -0500 (EST)
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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Harry,
If my recollection of electrical engineering school is correct (although it
has been many years since) and you have a load drawing 50 amps with two
batteries in parallel, each will furnish 25 amps for a total power of 600
watts. If each battery has a capacity of 95amp/hour you would have a little
over 3.5 hours of running time. On the other hand if the batteries are hooked
up in series, to the same 50 amps load each will deliver 50amps for a total
power of 1200 watts but with half the running time. You cannot squeeze more
energy out of the same package no matter how you hook it up.
By the way what is your motor model number
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