Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Arapiles

I suspect that he means a power cat, probably like the old Sharkcats. No sails.

Knowing Tombie it will be CAT diesel power.....

If you want a laugh, search 'Coal miners driving Teslas'. There's some fruity language to be avoided if you wish, which I suppose is to be expected from miners from Clermont in Qld, but they seem impressed with the 'rocketship'.

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Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Knowing Tombie it will be CAT diesel power.....

Currently twin 115 Yammies.
Screaming 2 stroke V4s.

Rebuild coming of entire boat and repower to 4 strokes in new year.

The 115 2 stroke Yammy is just one of those jem models. I had an early one for many years then a Salt Water Series version for many years.

Each manufacturer has one or 2 jems. Tohatsu has one in the 40 and 50hp straight 3 cyl 2 stroke. The motor that is often used in Gemini racing. Great motors. The 115 Yammy 4 stroke is a great motor.

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

The 115 2 stroke Yammy is just one of those jem models. I had an early one for many years then a Salt Water Series version for many years.

Each manufacturer has one or 2 jems. Tohatsu has one in the 40 and 50hp straight 3 cyl 2 stroke. The motor that is often used in Gemini racing. Great motors. The 115 Yammy 4 stroke is a great motor.

Cheers

The saltwater s 115 is on the back of mine. For sale and in very very good nick if you want it

The batteries for my business U.P.S, are Redflow Arapiles. I was possibly the first in Victoria to put them in other than a test one at a Solar place which installed for me. I understand the Bushfire funding a huge amount of them in Mobile phone towers to help fix the comms issues no power causes especially when we need them during fires and similar. Not holding the company now. Like them just not in my investment strategy. I will look at the ZBM3 when I get my 10 years out of my current 2.

On another topic since I have 2 already above

Did you all see Cummins news? They brought 'Hydrogenics Corporation' in 2019. "Cummins Partners to Build One of the World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Production Plants" Possibly the worlds biggest at Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Not tiny with $$$$$ "€50-million PEM electrolyzer plant that will house system assembly and testing for approximately 500 MW/year and will be scalable to more than 1 GW/year. The facility, which will initially be 22,000 square meters, is anticipated to open in 2023, creating 350 new jobs as production ramps up."
For scale consider in 2019 Australia produced 62,917 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy which is about 27.7% of Australia's electricity production.

So the worlds new biggest is really barely a start? Oddly Spain is known for the worlds first SUN tax. A bit like Victorian EV, FCEV and Hybrid fuel car tax. " Spain added "sun tax" on solar installations making them economically less viable" in 2015. I bet some coal loving pollies here love that idea.

To be really confusing- UPDATE on my quirky MG EV. Back at the dealer as battery not providing the promised range. I think I know the issue via some helpful UK forum. Apparently the batteries cells get a little unbalanced and need a balancing charge or battery regenerative charge- not to be confused with regenerative braking which the deal seemed to be very confused with when I mentioned it was slowly fixing the problem for me. The car when fully charged was showing 440 volts. After charging then leaving it plugged in the regenerative or balancing charge drew a 1amp only and after days the fully charge was showing more than 440 volts. The rapid range /charge drop I had seen in my drive to Port Fairy a few weeks ago suggests to me the BMS in the car is a little less refined. The user manual is quirky as well. The UK forum is a lot like ours. Link in case you would like a browse

What is the true range of zsev | MG EV Community

Originally Posted by 350RRC

CS?

DL

Sam- Revival boats. Not sure if he is alive. I hope so, a true old school man. He sold the brand to JB marine I think.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

The batteries for my business U.P.S, are Redflow Arapiles. I was possibly the first in Victoria to put them in other than a test one at a Solar place which installed for me. I understand the Bushfire funding a huge amount of them in Mobile phone towers to help fix the comms issues no power causes especially when we need them during fires and similar. Not holding the company now. Like them just not in my investment strategy. I will look at the ZBM3 when I get my 10 years out of my current 2.

Suspected that might be the case.

A heap of hydrogen forklifts being used by several big Companies. Batteries version have been around for donkey years. One at family business in Morwell Vic in 1970s stopped what happened in Tassal Tassie "Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) said an assessment on-site indicated the most likely cause was carbon monoxide, from the operation of forklifts inside the building."

Beside carbon monoxide poisoning. The reason why the Big wareshouse player went Hydrogen over battery only, is refueling is minutes with hydrogen, were battery charging takes a lot longer. In 24 -7 operations like shipping, long distance truck, trains and even our cars, Battery only may not be great if we are in a hurry.
Oddly posted about sea sickness in another thread- carbon monoxide may have been involved as it only occurred when trolling slowly and only if wind was coming from the stern. I'll cop it as sea sickness as sniggering at a cool captain of a warship with his bucket for a few days when I was 17 allows a little self reflection while barfing at sea myself