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(I’ll use 12V car battery).
Pmullen503 wrote:Remember that water can exert a lot of force.
You'll want bulkheads inside your floats. It'll make it easier to assemble and keep it from filling with water if you damage a float.
tony.latham wrote:This is the only thing with your plan that jumps at me:(I’ll use 12V car battery).
At the very least, you'll need to use an RV/marine battery since car batteries are built for a quick starting serge. Maybe you're already there.
I run a Weize 50 amp lithium for my Minkota trolling motor for my drift boat. They're only $190.
Tony
...fat honker of a battery, maybe 100 ah 12v. Suggestions welcome.
tony.latham wrote:...fat honker of a battery, maybe 100 ah 12v. Suggestions welcome.
A 100 ah AGM only has 50 usable amps and will weigh about 70 pounds. This is the battery I bought for my troller:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZMMG2K4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It, too, has 50 usable amps but weighs 15 pounds. I used it all fall and really like it. Ask me in seven or eight years how it's doing, but it's guaranteed for ten. We shall see.
My Minkota is their 55 model. I almost always run it on the low setting for trolling and think I can squeeze six hours out of it. If I were planning on running on high for extended periods, I'd be looking for a 100 amp lithium. But you can do the math for your needs.
Tony
but I presume that LiFePO4 batteries are more intricate when it comes to charging.
GPW wrote:There's always schedule 80 PVC pipe .... a little heavier , gray , and lots stronger...
The secret of PVC outside is to paint it as the sun weakens the plastic over time , becoming brittle .... We've made many Bows now with PVC (Archery) and it works a treat , and you can heat bend it into many shapes , just don't scorch it when heating ...
GTS225 wrote:The framework I'm seeing in the video is chain link fence top rail and bolt-together corner castings for building your own, custom sizes of chain link gates. You can get that stuff at any of the bigger home improvement outlets
I had concerns about your using PVC pipe for the frame. I don't think the flexability of that stuff would lend itself well to what you're doing, especially in a floating structure.
I think you'd be setting yourself up for a failure of Youtube magnitude, but I'm just an "eyeball engineer", so it's just my opinion.
Roger
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