li fe po4 battery upgrade?
I am considering upgrading to lithium batteries has anyone here don that. I am looking at installing 3 100Ah batteries in parallel and using a PD 9160 converter to recharge them when my Outback solar...
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pianotuna wrote:
brulaz,
Just like you I'm interested in the Firefly Carbon Foam batteries. Has anyone seen reviews of them from end users?
https://www.emarineinc.com/Firefly-Oasis-12V-Group-31-Battery?gclid=Cj0KEQjwt6fHBRDtm9O8xPPHq4gBEiQAdxotvABAbYJ3pt34_bh2rk7sFnsfcwhLm3tYoKDTupaltzwaAjpF8P8HAQ
The only issue is weight with the Firefly. All the other problems disappear.
Here's a marine review:
http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s3/carbon-foam-batteries-1-year-later-26233.html
And Bruce Schwab deals with and evaluates carbon foam and LiPO4 here:
https://www.bruceschwab.com/advanced-energy-storage-systems/
I see he's also selling a "OPE-Li3 ND-DC" battery management system for LiPO4.
None of this stuff is cheap. These people are driving boats worth hundreds of thousands of $$$, so be forewarned.
