Okay, so this is a bit of a tease. This motor install is going to take us several days and I'll be updating the blog here as it goes in.
To recap, we're putting a 4.7KW electric motor in the space formerly occupied by an Atomic 4 gas motor. The motors are of equiv. horsepower (about 12) and drive the propshaft through a stuffingbox. (If these are new terms to you, believe me, you'll see).
Our good friend Rich welded a frame for us to be able to mount the motor on the original bunks that held the gas engine (which was, of course, massively larger and heavier), and, at the moment, we're tweaking that to make sure the motor will align with with propshaft.
Anyway, stay tuned. We hope to have this in, up, and working over the next few days.
M
To recap, we're putting a 4.7KW electric motor in the space formerly occupied by an Atomic 4 gas motor. The motors are of equiv. horsepower (about 12) and drive the propshaft through a stuffingbox. (If these are new terms to you, believe me, you'll see).
Our good friend Rich welded a frame for us to be able to mount the motor on the original bunks that held the gas engine (which was, of course, massively larger and heavier), and, at the moment, we're tweaking that to make sure the motor will align with with propshaft.
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| Here's the frame with the motor affixed. Total weight is probably around 50 lbs. You can see how wide the space occupied by the original motor was. |
M
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