If the bms disconnects the house bank does the alternator not still ‘see’ the 
load of the lead-acid start battery?  (Assumes an appropriate switching setup) 
As long as the start battery remains in play the house bank’s bms  shouldn’t 
put the alternator at risk.   No?

Dave 

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> On Sep 14, 2021, at 9:37 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List 
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Sterling makes an alternator protector.  I think Peter Kennedy sells them.
> 
> Joel
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 9:27 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List 
>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>> My batteries are about shot and I am thinking of going to lithium batteries. 
>> I have to say I thought I knew this stuff and it seems massively confusing 
>> with a ton of directly contradictory information. One big issue seems that 
>> if the BMS disconnects for any reason, that will do a lot of damage to your 
>> alternator and perhaps other equipment too. Add to that my regulator does 
>> not have a specific lithium setting, I would need to get into the custom 
>> menus and try and make one.
>> 
>> What seems to be the best bet is just to connect the alternator to the start 
>> battery and use a DC-DC charger to charge the lithium bank. Some of them 
>> also take solar input, so that saves me buying a solar controller with 
>> lithium settings, which is something else I don’t currently have.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> Coquina
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