Shore power
Four-battery bank, empty to full on 30 A at the slip.
01 · Battery bank
Enough stored power for the whole night.
LiFePO4 lithium cells, sized to your A/C load plus a margin. They sit in the generator bay, strapped and fused at the battery.
- Chemistry
- LiFePO4
- Voltage
- 48 V
- Per battery
- 5.12 kWh · 100 Ah
- Cycle life
- 4,000 to 6,000 cycles to 80%
- Footprint
- [X] x [X] x [X] in
[Photo pending] Battery bank in a former generator bay
02 · Inverter and charger
Turns stored power into what your A/C runs on.
One unit does two jobs. At anchor it makes 120 V AC from the battery. At the slip it charges the bank from shore power.
- Output
- 5,000 · 10,000 · 12,000 · 18,000 W
- Two A/C units
- Two 10,000 W
- Shore charge
- [X] A
- Transfer
- [X] ms
[Photo pending] Inverter charger mounted beside the battery bank
03 · Monitoring
Know what is left before you go to bed.
A display at the helm or in the salon shows battery level, draw, and hours remaining. The same numbers are on your phone.
- Shows
- %, A, h left
- Display
- [Model pending]
- Phone app
- [Bluetooth / Wi-Fi]
[Photo pending] Battery monitor glowing in the salon at night
04 · Charging
Full again by the next night.
Plug in at the slip, charge while you cruise, or top up from solar on the hardtop. Most owners use more than one.
- Shore power
- Full in about 7 h on 30 A
- Engines
- [X] A while cruising
- Solar
- Optional
[Photo pending] Shore power cord plugged in at a slip at dusk
Engines
Alternator charging while you cruise to the cove.
Solar
Panels on the hardtop top up the bank by day.
Built to standard
What is inside, in writing.
- Chemistry
- LiFePO4, lithium iron phosphate
- BMS
- Watches every cell, every second
- Install
- ABYC E-13
- Insurer
- Wiring diagram, components, sign-off