In the pre-purchase survey for my Santorin 13 years ago the surveyor noted that ABYC required a fuse for the house batteries. Also, a disconnect for the starter battery was also required. My

Agree with Bill's comments. In our case, we had to re-program both Mastervolt chargers for AGM charging and add external Mastervolt regulation to the factory Leece-Neville alternator, also properly

Hi Barry, I had flexi solar on last boat. Short lived. Would not recommend... I know a 54 owner who installed 4 X 150 through Emek. He may not be a member here but I can perhaps reach his pers email.

Hi Jamie, A mate is CEO of a vlarge company and he sponsors an Imoca 60. He says the cost is eye watering. Perhaps your eyes don't water as easy as mine? GL and hope you escape your string of bad

Gary, The previous owner of my boat installed four 125 Amp Blue Sea fuses on the positive posts of each of the 24 volt battery pairs, so theoretically I can draw 500 amps without blowing a fuse. In

In general it is a very, very bad idea to replace one (or two) batteries out of a large bank. With one new battery, charging and discharging become unbalanced, and everything can go bad in a hurry.

Hi Jamie, I read how yours exploded. When I bought the boat the surveyor Olivier from La Rochelle told me that I needed to change 2 batteries. At first I swapped them around and continued to charge

You mean with the Firefly? You might be right. I would assume the Lifelines would be OK though? As you can guess, I do not need any more issues with my batteries. I am really intrigued by the carbon

Hi All, I am considering placing Blue Sea battery fuses on my batteries. I have a couple of questions: 1. Does it make sense to place one on each pair of batteries (i.e. 4 fuses) or does it make

Jamie, Your chargers may not be compatible, especially the alternator on your engine. Be careful about over-thinking this. CW Bill Rouse, Admiral (Hon) Texas Navy Yacht BeBe +1473-403-6210

Thanks for the tip on that - good point. $1,200 for 13 batteries seems really cheap. Even online, Lifelines would be almost $4,000. What brand did you go with? When you say nearly explode, what

Hi Jamie, I just had a similar decision to make. I was advised by Olivier to stay with the factory original and just put the lead acid batteries in. (He said if one goes bad you can replace it

After I lost all my existing house batteries (Intimidators) in an explosion, I am working on getting new batteries installed. I was thinking of possibly getting the Firefly Carbon AGM batteries

Hi Bill, Thanks for the info. I plan to talk with eMarine once the arch is on and I have an idea of the space I can use. They come highly recommended by several people. I did not know about the

Thanks Paul! --------------------------------------------

LG makes a panel that has similar efficiency specifications, and price as the Panasonic N330, slightly smaller in physical size, and hence output. If you squeezed for space it might be an

Hi Bill, Most definitely AMEL 54017. Have been reading your posts for the past year. Very helpful even though you have a SM. When are you going to get a 54? I consider the 54 to be the ultimate. Can

Eamonn, Thank you for this post contribution. I am in the process of adding an arch and solar panals. I have been researching the panels for about 30 days and have found it to be most confusing

I'll see what I can do on Monday. Kent

Hi No I still do not know the size of the bolts. I heard they are about 8mm. But I did not realize that there were different sizes on the 2 booms. It would be great if you could figure out the size