S1E9-GREAT LOOP PREP-We Need House Batteries! PART 1
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2023
- We are designing and installing a house battery system on Andromeda. We will need a way to have enough power while we are on the hook. We are also trying to solve the mystery of why Andromeda lists to starboard?
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My first visit to your channel.
I really enjoyed it. I like the detailed discription of your choices. I will spend a little time looking at your other videos.
Hello from St.Louis Missouri.
Thank you!
Weight is the enemy if you plan on doing a lot of planeing . Adding dead wt ballast would be my last choice. Either move wt around or move/add tankage would make a lot more sense. A lot of older boats suffer from weight gain. Look at getting rid of old heavy equipment too.
Great idea to make boat more anchor friendly with minimal generator use.
We have a 40’ power with solar, and hardly ever run the generator unless need AC. Only have a 300 amp lead house bank due space, but 400 watts of solar. I’m planning on eventually going lithium for the house.
Great input! Thank you! We have been able to level out the boat, by shifting our stowage/equipment and not adding ballast. However, we were surprised at how much our day to day gear and tankage added once we set off. Thanks for watching and commenting! Thank you for following along!
I have been watching from the beginning. As a U.S. Navy sailor, while aboard the various ships (and in working uniform), I and most sailors would carry an always-sharp Buck knife on our belt. This knife came in very handy in any emergency situation where a line needed to be cut. When I saw you use a normal household knife to cut the wrapping on your new house batteries (in the garage), I realized how handy that Buck knife on your belt would have been. Perhaps this is something you already do and I just haven't noticed or maybe something to be considered. Anyway, thanks for the content and I look forward to your Loop trip actually getting underway.
Thanks Phil! Great advice! Thank you for watching and commenting. I do carry a very good, very sharp folding knife in my pocket when I am on board. We have also mounted knives in various locations on board...like in the anchor locker, by the rope locker, by the back door etc. We wanted a knife within arms reach around the boat should we ever need to cut a line in an emergency. I think I will shop for a nice Buck knife...I think that is a great idea! Thank you Phil!😀👍
I am really enjoying watching your videos. Talking about the fuel stops you will need to make on your journey; how often do you think you'll need to pump out the grey water tank?
Hello! Our grey water tank is a sump system that takes the kitchen sink water, bathroom sinks and shower water and pumps it outside the boat. We do have to thoroughly clean it sometimes, but we also started running dawn dish soap down the kitchen drain with water to "flush" the system especially before we travel. The movement of the boat and the soap helped to maintain the cleaner water. Our black water tank (the toilet ) we always pumped out when we fueled up. Hope this helps! Thank you for watching :)
Pretty good design by Bob, but you really need a Victron smart shunt plug into the Cerbo GX!
Couldn't believe seeing 1000 lbs only 35% usable AmpHour L16 AGMs were going back in😮 any reason not going with 100% Usable LifePO4s?
ANL fuse are ok, as a professional installer we only install class T fuses, most importantly looks like your electrician didn't wire the chasis/equipment ground😮
Always enjoy your video, safe journey captain!
Thank you for the GREAT comment! I do get asked a lot about not going with LifePO4s...The main reason is I am betting on Sodium Ion tech...although it is not coming to market as fast as I had hoped, and after 2 accidental 100% draw downs on our AGMs...I am questioning myself. Thank you for the fuse info, I will add it to my projects list. We really appreciate you commenting and following along! Thank you so much!
Just found and subscribed, we are 4 years out with a 28 Express cruiser looking to upgrade. Great job on the channel.
Thank you!
New to your channel, a couple things that caught my attention. 1, We are shopping for a boat and our number one pick is the 2004 Sea Ray 480 (we has a 2004 Sundancer we bought new so we are familiar with the quality and operation) 2, We are prepping for the Loop as well and watching all the looper channels. 3, Back to number 1 your boat is beautiful.
You are so right, definitely need good house batteries and a inverter. Our last adventure, we traveled full time in our diesel pusher for two years. It had a 2000w inverter and it ran our residential fridge, lights, tv for a day and half before needing to be recharged. Good luck we will be following along with you. Enjoy the Ride Bell
Thank you! Best of luck with your boat hunt and your Loop! Thanks for watching!
I built a 560 usable amp hour lithium battery bank, using LifePO4 cells, for about 900$. Weighs in around 100lbs, takes the same space as two deep cycle batteries, just a little taller. Can run my 18cu/ft residential fridge for 5 days on the batteries. Can't imagine using anything other than lithium for a house bank, if you're running large appliances. I can safely charge my house bank at 200 amps, if my inverter / charger went that high. Sadly it maxes out at 100 amps. AGM are rated for around 500 charge cycles. LifePO4 cells are good for 4,000-10,000 cycles.
That sounds like a great system! We are at 800 usable AH and looking at +/-600/700 cycles with our bank. Knowing that they have a shorter lifespan we wanted to wait until Sodium Ion developed in the market a little more and skip over the LifePO systems. We will see how that works out for us....😂. Thank you very much for watching and the above info on your system
Sounds like if you discharge AGM 6v batteries like that to 80% depletion or more, you drastically limit your useful life, down to 200-250 cycles, while also reducing capacity. Looks like you're factoring your usable AH based off of 100% depletion, which would kill those batteries extremely fast. Best practice to not go below 50% SOC on deep cycle AGMs or FLA batteries. If I were you, going down to 30% SOC would be the absolute max discharge. @@cruisingandromeda
Thank you! Great tip!
You went with AGM batteries? Is there a reason you did not use lithium? They are much better suited to your needs for house batteries. And much lighter too.
Thank you for asking! Great question I was hoping someone would ask....first off AGM are a little cheaper and are suitable for now...I want to see how the Sodium-Ion battery market develops. I did not want to buy lithium batteries now, and in a year or so have Sodium Ion be the newest and greatest. So we plan to use our AGM's and when its time to upgrade we are hoping Sodium Ion will be the way to go. Thank you for watching!
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Thank you! is vampier een merk?