Electric engines on the West coast

[Alex Low]

Ahoy,

Any leads on anyone doing Electric engines for boats on the west coast of Canada? There are a number of vehicle shops, but I can't seem to come up with any marine....

Alex

[Jay Greer]

Ahoy,

Any leads on anyone doing Electric engines for boats on the west coast of Canada? There are a number of vehicle shops, but I can't seem to come up with any marine....

Alex
Forgive my correction but, engines reciprocate and motors rotate.
Jay

[Tom Robb]

Thanks Jay. I was just wondering what the definition might be.
But what about turbojet engines which only rotate?

[Captain Blight]

An "engine" is any mechanism that performs work. What about a steam enginge? What about a steam turbine?

HAH Checkmate my dear sir!

[David G]

West coast of Canadia? No. West Coast? Yes, Portland, OR.: www.edison-marine.com

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

Ahoy,

Any leads on anyone doing Electric engines for boats on the west coast of Canada? There are a number of vehicle shops, but I can't seem to come up with any marine....

Alex

We have chewed that topic to smithereens. It's all back there in the archives.
How far do you want to go, how much does your boat weigh and how much room do you have for batteries? How much moola are you willing to drop to have electric propulsion?
And on and on and.....

[Alex Low]

Cuyahoga,

I know, I know... I don't need technical help, I am trying to find a supplier out here, instead of paying border taxes and wild shipping rates... I guess I will just have to start an electric motor wing of the shop?

Alex

[MAGIC's Craig]

Alex: You might look up Bob & Linda aboard ZAZU in Ladysmith. He has been designing and building electric propulsion set-ups for a few years now. Quiet fellow. Has such a set-up in his 31' sloop. Used to work at Jespersens.

Craig Johnsen

[Jay Greer]

Thanks Jay. I was just wondering what the definition might be.
But what about turbojet engines which only rotate?
Well, there are exceptions to every rule. All I know is that the skipper of the submarine I was stationed once dressed me down for calling an engine a motor. He insisted that our boat was powered both by electric motors and diesel engines. But then, what did he know?
I just took the trouble to look up both terms and found that they actually are interchangable! However the first definition of a "motor" is that it is run by electricity followed by internal cumbustion or steam. I once sailed with an old Cape Horner who called a "Vang" a "Bang" so much for nit picking!
Jay

[andrewe]

Jay, just depends were you are. Here, an engine is anything that does something. A bomb is an engine.
A

[Tom Robb]

Words - the slipperyness of language - it's a wonder we are able to communicate at all.

[jerry bark]

a physicist might add that engine implies "heat engine" so any thing not driven by the laws of thermodynamics should then be a motor....which makes a french bomb an engine given its basically the adaiabatic expansion of a gas.


back on topic: sorry can't help!

cheers
jerry

[TimT]

a physicist might add that engine implies "heat engine" so any thing not driven by the laws of thermodynamics should then be a motor....

Continuing the thread drift- I'll split that hair. Electric motors are governed by the laws of thermo (1- conservation of energy, 2- entropy increases).
The energy transfer in this case is
chemical energy in battery => electricity => mechanical energy and and waste heat
instead of
chemical energy in fuel => heat => mechanical energy and waste heat

And I also have no useful input on powering your boat.

[jerry bark]

Well done Tim!

cheers
jerry

[Dan McCosh]

FWIW, an engine produces power from a fuel source; a motor converts energy from another form of energy--such as electricity, hydraulic pressure, or compressed air. Dunno where you get them on the West Coast, however.

[gert]

Now that this has been bumped:


I guess I will just have to start an electric motor wing of the shop?

How is the electric search going?

[Soundman67]

I was just wondering if you had talked to the rewinders of electric motors? There are a few in Vancouver and maybe they would have a line on what you need.
http://www.armatureelectric.com/
Those guys have a new motor sales department too.

Doug

[mcdenny]

Monte Gisborne at Tamarack Electric Boats is in Canada although in On not BC. He is knowledgable and sells lots of electric boating supplies and builds solar electric boats himself.