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Victron Galore! Our Boats New Charging System.
🕑 Added 2024-01-09 12:36:19 +0000 UTCCalypso came from the factory with Victron gear for charging but it had another brand of batteries. We replaced those batteries, upgrading to Relion Lithium batteries, not long after buying Calypso but the charging system itself was aging. Plus we wanted more functionality.
Calypso, like most boats, required AC power for several items to run. Hot water heaters, Air Conditioners, Washer and Dryer, etc all required either dock power or generator power to run. That means when it's roasting hot out at anchor, we'd have to run the generator at night in order to get AC. Which obviously shouldn't be left to run overnight as you slept. So we'd run it, cool the boat down and then shut it off right before bed. This method usually resulted in a gasping wake up at about 2am from the heat that's poured back into the boat from the tropics outside. We always hoped to get a system aboard that allowed running AC and other items off of battery power as well as AC power. That way we could, theoretically, run the AC all night...Flip on a hot water heater without needing to run the genset, etc.
Fast forward about 5 years and that's exactly what we've done!
If you're interested in hearing all about the new charging system and major upgrade then please head on over to the blog.
We've written a complete blog post in detail along with before and after photos to check out.
Comments
Lazy Gecko Sailing
Crazy isn't it? This boating and cruising life is evolving so fast...Just when we think we're all caught up something else becomes available for easier living out here 🤷♀️
Lazy Gecko Sailing
Hey hey! This makes me happy! We love providing stuff that you enjoy reading! We'll need to come up with a few other topics like this for you to enjoy...Please feel free to send any suggestions and/or ideas our way!
David Ressler
I grew up boating with the family in the 70s and we had an Onan generator on every boat that chugged through cooking dinner and then cooling during the night and we never thought it might be a different way. All the boats we rafted with were the same way and we did that for years. 🤔
Jason Potts
Very cool, this is my favorite type of content. Looks like you've actually bumped your capacity over what you had with the genset alone. Thank you for sharing! Also, you cant beat them NC folks!
