I heard a distress call on the VHF from a boat on fire calling the Coast Guard because they could not put out the fire in their lithium battery bank. I would certainly keep that issue in mind as it appears to merit special consideration in a marine environment. Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Sep 14, 2021, at 9:27 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <[email protected]> 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
