Oceanvolt is a Finnish company focused on producing electric propulsion systems for boats. Each and every part of the system has been specifically designed for electrical use. Compared to combustion engines, this system is silent, simple and reliable. The system does not burn fuel or cause CO2 emissions.
Each system manufactured in Finland is tested before shipment. "Less from nature, more for people." Discover technology that respects both people and nature, and experience the joy of using this technology at sea.
Incredible system! Do you have a indication on how much speed in knots is reduced while charging? Will it create double as much power with double the speed? What is the maximum speed and generation that this system can handle?
I've been learning/experiencing Twin SD15 Servoprops. That 220° of pitch angle adjustment is impressive. Hydrogenation is great. Basically, full power reversing. Efficient ac 3 phase vfd synchronous motor. Controller input 48vdc and output 3phase 34vac = safe! Quiet too.
I like my 168F air cooled Chinese diesel. It's way lighter and cheaper than electric/lithium, and it charges the house battery well. Salt water cooled motors and electrics are bad choices.
Has "Ocean volt" ever thought about taking a 30-35 ft sailboat hull and ditching the mast, sails, winches and rigging and fitting a full length "solar roof". You could fit 15, 4OO Watt panels for a 6Kw array. In the summer Med that might give you around 30 KwHrs a day of electricity. What you end up with is a "boat for the Med". A cheap mono hull Greek Island hopper with sunshade protection and enough power for all the comforts of home such as air con, cooking, lighting, water makers and continuous 4Kt propulsion using a suitable refurbished EV battery. It would be an eye catching electric propulsion, Island hopping boating option. While the sailors struggle with sail changes in light, variable winds and get to their anchorage tired to then sleep in a hot, humid cabin the solar boat glides to it's destination at 4-5kts and everyone spends the night relaxed in a fully air conditioned cabin!
2.5 to 3hp of torque Being Inclusive of the Reduction of course. ( or don't say that to someone directly connecting an electric motor to a prop shaft ) The Nice Thing About Approved Systems Is They Are Approved For Their Voltages, People Out There !!!! on the piece meal stuff: there may be some provisions, in the emerging salt code, having to do with connections; which may allow for higher voltages than 51.2Vnom.( Not Anytime Soon Though ) but i think that center tap sea ground may have to be there, ( But Then You Have To Have Protection From EMP ) at some point; for packs over 25.6Vnom.....and the same connection code Might allow for floating packs, under those regulations, which are a little higher than 25.6Vnom.......but as it sits at the moment, electrically floating packs are still limited to 25.6Vnom
i sized a system for a little Grinde 27, using one of the newer axial flux motors and got the pack down to 24V ( 25.6Vnom ).....that's the gold, because the system can still be electrically floating.. On Salt, anything over 25.6Vnom ( up to 51.2V Max nominal Li-Ion ), you really need the center tap sea ground, to center reference the pack; but as soon as you put in a sea ground, you need faraday cages, and a way to route lightning current to sidarcs.....So don't put in CTs....but what are we going to do ???
What if I want to covert a large (60') cabin cruiser into a hybrid, but without losing top and cruising speed (22K / 17 K). It has a semi-displacement hull, so I'd like to have the power to get it up on plane.
Can you run a water maker at sea enough for crew and cooking? Yes No. Every long term cruiser needs one. Yeah assume help from few hundred watts PV. Can you anchor off an island a 4-5 days running stove electronics night lights small fridge pumps water maker? Please, don’t bother w ‘we just raise sail every day and run back and forth to recharge and then reset anchor because its easy after a hard 2 week crossing’.
Hello, I am curious about the "Continuous Run" characteristics of the AXC 12 and 24 motor configurations. Example: Runing for extended periods in the series hybrid configuration while the generator is online in to recharge the batteries
12 kW ja 24 kW continuous run, 15 kW and 30 kW peak for 10 minutes. The generator usually determines the motor output, because in that way the batteries do not get drained. Rule of thumb for sizing the generator is 50% of the motor power, or cruising speed.
Free advertizing for the company. They may have a good system but it is still way over priced. Anybody with a basic knowledge of marine electrics/electronics can build an equally good system for less than half the price.
I watched you install your electric motor. Wow, been a fun adventure. Thanks for taking me along with you. I hope your friend Maya had fun and that her new adventure is fun. God Bless the three of you.
Would have been so much better if you didn’t have stupid music with overly editing and instead had a simple video of how easy it is to do, how much energy it takes, how they generate that energy, what performance one can expect out of the new systemand how much it cost
@@JustFlyIt09 We are sorry to hear that. You should check out this video for more info on range and performance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AN-S__svmI0.html
Hi Christian. Tried to contact your company in the USA and i ended up in Finland. How much for your saildrive like the one on SV UMA? Do you have a dealership in CANADA. Thank you.
That will come for sure, as they eventually move to 400V car batteries. I think the cheapest option in the future is to get a 30-100kWh battery made for a car. Will always be cheaper than low volume 48V batteries.
how do you protect against lightning ,? MOV'S? its the biggest concern on a sailboat ,as the oceanvolt system is sort after but pricy for many and lightning would generally take out an alternator, that can be repaired or replaced at a low cost ..but I'm sure replacing oceanvolt components isnt ready available or cheap as replacing an alternator ..?
The best protection is obtained by galvanically separating as much as possible. If you install a 120/230V Transformer on your boat then it is usually the only thing that breaks, but it is really easy and cheap to replace anywhere because of Victron's excellent service network.
anyone have a good calculator? I'm thinking of just building one and put it online, to figure out how to size the motor, for power, and weight, and size of solar panels.. etc.
Bonjour, pourquoi le choix d'un sail drive plutot que de garder la ligne d'arbre ? Hello, why the choice of a sail drive rather than keeping the shaft line?
A little story. Last year I got caught in a surprise storm while in a narrow channel with my Catalina 36. We had been motorsailing all day due to light winds and unfavorable wind direction. When the storm came through we were hit with 40mph winds and 5 foot waves. In order to maintain control and stay in the channel my diesel had to run hard for about an hour at near full load. Had I been in an electric boat I would of never been able to generate the sustained power needed to get out of that situation and the outcome would of been much worse. The amount of energy contained in a 30 gallon tank of diesel is huge compared to any battery pack on the market today. While ocean volt is an amazing product it truly isn't for everyone and more than likely will not fit the average cruisers application, especially in an emergency.
I respect that there's significant danger in bluewater if you don't have enough power, but to be fair, batteries are modular, so it's only infeasible to match a 30-gallon diesel's output if the battery bank is outside the sailor's budget. I'm sure it is infeasible for a majority of sailors today, but it's not impossible. I estimate you can build a bank that matches a 30-gallon diesel's output for $40-50K. That would certainly be an epic crap-ton of batteries, but on the other hand, marine diesel maintenance is an epic time/money/energy sinkhole that goes away almost entirely with electric motors. It seems to me the only good reason to stay diesel is that it's still drastically cheaper per unit of power output.
Can you take a look at Aquariusengines generators for hybrid integration please? You can get rid of your diesel generator by replacing it with Aquariusengines, less weight, maintenance, complexity, size and much more simple. 8kw-32kw output and 80kg weight (engine only 10.5 kg).
Can you do dual setup on a cat, having 2x2 on a hybrid solution, with full regen ? Eksample; 2 x 15 kw SD on each hull. I can do a battery solution that's gona take any kind of load, so my question only goes on if the Oceanvolt solution can handle the load.
