Power Data Collection Run

Note: Transfered from the news archive, originally posted Nov. 4th 2008

Today was a short dive to record data on power use in the vehicle. The dive was a success. Unfortunately temperature logging was unavailable at the time, so a follow-up dive will be necessary to gather that data.

The data collected shows that the vehicle normally uses about 70 watts idling, and can use over 300 watts to power the motors when driving.