I don't know if there are any other live aboards here, but if so I love my marine Victron Quattro charger/inverter. Best charger and inverter I have ever owned. It boosts the shore power from 30 amp to 70 amp, which mean I can use the microwave and the hot water heater at the same time. With zero fear of tripping the shore breaker. While also being a solid 70amp 48 volt programmable charger. Not cheap at $2500 but well worth it if you live on your boat. It Keeps my LiFePo 1000ah pack all happy.
Eric should have contacted you 1st.
Bought 16 180a CALB lithiums (each comes with a test certificate that lists capacity closer to 200A.) But boy did I underestimate the knowledge it took getting a BMS and controller and charger.
I did find the ElCon at $665. I contacted DualPro out of Tenn. and their tech was looking into entering charge logarithms, which he said they have some internal ability to reprogram, and would get back to me. I sent him the charge requirements and BMS system used on the CALBs and hope he is successful as the price may be closer to $400. Thanks for your history. Nick
--- On Wed, 2/20/13, Eric <ewdysar@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Eric <ewdysar@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Comparing FLA to LiFePO4.
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 6:35 PMThe Balqon battery pack has built in BMS and my ElCon PFC2000+ cost $550 (now closer to $700) and puts out a solid 28A at 54V from a 15A 115VAC outlet. It is also efficient enough to run off of a Yamaha EF2000iS without overloading it.
My pack is a set of sixteen Thundersky 160Ah cells with EV Works BMS modules. When I bough the setup, it was less than $3400 for batteries, connectors, and modules delivered to my driveway. One always needs to consider shipping and tax where applicable. Those costs are included in these quotes.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "R.N. Little" wrote:
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