Vetus ELINE050, Installation Instructions And Operation Manual

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Installation instructions and operation manual E-Line electric propulsion
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- Never fit switches or other electrical equipment in the vicinity of
batteries; possible sparks could cause an explosion.
- Prevent metal objects from accidentally coming into contact with
a battery terminal.
7 .5 Main current cables
• Connect the motor to the batteries as shown in the diagrams, see
page 34 .
• Fit the fuse supplied and a main switch in the positive (+) cable.
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When calculating the cable cross-sections, take into account a
maximum permissible voltage drop of 5% .
Never use smaller cable cross-sections than indicated in the
table below .
Motor type E-Line 50 E-Line 75 E-Line 100
Battery cable 50 mm 2 70 mm 2 95 mm 2
Fuse
250 A 300 A 355 A
When the batteries are not being used or not charged, it is recom-
mended that they are disconnected from each other using an isolat-
ing switch.
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fit the fuse, main switch or isolating switches in the
battery space!
Take the following points into account when installing the battery
cables:
- Fit the cables in the shortest possible way from batteries to motor.
- With a long cable length, bundle the ‘+’ and ‘-’ cables together.
- Install the ‘+’ and ‘-’ preferably in such a way that the total length of
each cable is the same. This ensures an equal load on each battery.
- Ensure that the cables do not run through any bilge water.
- Ensure that the cables cannot come into contact with any sharp
edges.
- Fix the cables in such a way to prevent wear or abrasion caused
by vibration.
- Use cable terminals to connect the cables to switches, fuse and
motor.
- Preferably fit cable terminals by crimping.
- Use good quality battery terminals to connect the cables to the
battery posts.
- Tighten bolts securely to ensure a good connection.
- Do not use spring-loaded battery terminals!
- Grease the battery posts and battery terminals with Vaseline to
prevent corrosion.
- Never change over the connector cables.
- Before leaving, check the charge status of the batteries just as you
would check the tank capacity of a diesel engine.
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Changing over the plus (+) and minus (-) connections will
cause irreparable damage to the installation .
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short-circuit the batteries by connecting the plus (+)
pole to the minus (-) pole .
Connecting the main current cables
• Switch all electrical equipment off.
• Prevent any short circuits caused by tools, for example.
• Connect the positive (+) cable first, then the negative.
Power consumption indication displacement vessel
Waterline length 4 m (13 ft) 6 m (19 ft) 8 m (26 ft) 10 m (33 ft) 12 m (39 ft)
Gentle sailing
6 km/u (3.3 kn) 6 km/u (3.3 kn) 6 km/u (3.3 kn) 6 km/u (3.3 kn) 6 km/u (3.3 kn)
1 kW 0.7 kW 0.8 kW 1 kW 1.1 kW
Cruising speed
7.2 km/u (3.8 kn) 8.8 km/u (4.7 kn) 10.2 km/u (5.5 kn) 11.4 km/u (6.1 kn) 12.5 km/u (6.7 kn)
1.5 kW 2.1 kW 3.9 kW 6.7 kW 9.6 kW
Hull speed
9 km/u (4.9 kn) 11 km/u (5.9 kn) 12.8 km/u (6.9 kn) 14.3 km/u (7.7 kn) 15.7 km/u (8.4 kn)
3.1 kW 4.1 kW 7.7 kW 13.4 kW 18.9 kW