What’s the upside?

I got seven years out of a pair of group 29s Everstarts from Walmart, just 
replaced for $90 each.  And I just replaced the alternator on my A4, which 
lasted 49 years.

But the way I use my boat doesn’t require having a state-of-the-art battery 
system.

Cheers,
Randy

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 7:27 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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