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 > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
