Hello,
I started learning about electricity, power, etc. because I want to build an electrical system for a boat. But I'm having some difficulty understanding some of the concepts. I really need help filling in the gaps of my understanding as I'm a complete beginner.
So, let's say I have an electric motor capable of taking 96V and 650 amps. I'm looking at LifePO4 batteries that are 12V with 300AH.
With 2 batteries, I am able to increase the current to 600AH by wiring them in parallel. But how would I get the voltage up to 96V without adding a gazillion batteries? That seems to be very impractical (not to mention expensive and may require a lot of space to store everything). Plus, from my reading, you can only wire most of these types of batteries in series up to a max of 4. Is there some way to increase the voltage "massively"? I read in another thread that if the voltage is increased, the current decreases (or something like that?). But I didn't understand what was going on.
Hoping someone can explain/introduce some concepts I may need to look into to understand this better!
I started learning about electricity, power, etc. because I want to build an electrical system for a boat. But I'm having some difficulty understanding some of the concepts. I really need help filling in the gaps of my understanding as I'm a complete beginner.
So, let's say I have an electric motor capable of taking 96V and 650 amps. I'm looking at LifePO4 batteries that are 12V with 300AH.
With 2 batteries, I am able to increase the current to 600AH by wiring them in parallel. But how would I get the voltage up to 96V without adding a gazillion batteries? That seems to be very impractical (not to mention expensive and may require a lot of space to store everything). Plus, from my reading, you can only wire most of these types of batteries in series up to a max of 4. Is there some way to increase the voltage "massively"? I read in another thread that if the voltage is increased, the current decreases (or something like that?). But I didn't understand what was going on.
Hoping someone can explain/introduce some concepts I may need to look into to understand this better!
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