pandos
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I have just bought another boat
. (A Southerly)
I am told there is a problem with the charging system.
Boat comes with two lithium batteries one of which has been fitted the other has not been used. The one that was fitted was put in parallel with a lead acid battery to protect the alternator in the event the lithium shut down.
The boat has a split charge relay, which does not function, and a 1,2 both switch.
It has a windlass and bow thruster.
Is this plan in sensible?
Put in two agm 100ah bats for an engine bank and connect the windlass and thruster here.
Put the lithiums together as a house bank.
Fit an Argofet isolator on the alternator output, connected to a Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC Charger -
feeding the lithiums and the other feed directly to the engine bank.
Thanks in advance..
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I am told there is a problem with the charging system.
Boat comes with two lithium batteries one of which has been fitted the other has not been used. The one that was fitted was put in parallel with a lead acid battery to protect the alternator in the event the lithium shut down.
The boat has a split charge relay, which does not function, and a 1,2 both switch.
It has a windlass and bow thruster.
Is this plan in sensible?
Put in two agm 100ah bats for an engine bank and connect the windlass and thruster here.
Put the lithiums together as a house bank.
Fit an Argofet isolator on the alternator output, connected to a Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart DC-DC Charger -
feeding the lithiums and the other feed directly to the engine bank.
Thanks in advance..