SAILING OFF-GRID PREP | LITHIUM BATTERY INSTALL S1CH.50
We’ve made the switch! Our 1989 sailboat is getting tech!
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This weeks episode we catch you up on what has been going on for quite some time now. Yep, we’ve made the switch to Lithium batteries. We explain why we needed new batteries, why we chose lithium, how it all went down and how our new system works. It’s been a looonnnngggg process, it all started in December when all our new gear to set up our lithium battery system arrived. Christmas and Covid postponed the starting of installation, but finally, after we found a willing electrician that was up for the daunting job, installation began and we are left in a 10 metre construction site. But now we’re in the light at the end of the tunnel making frozen berry smoothies!
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Chapters:
00:00 It all started in December…
03:52 Unboxing of our new lithium babies!!!
06:14 How bad were our batteries?
09:05 So why lithium?
11:12 Why we chose these batteries in particular?
13:15 It’s official + we move onto a catamaran
17:46 It wasn’t all smooth sailing
19:36 Our daunting switchboard…
20:30 Turning water…into wine!
21:31 How is the new set up going to all work?
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From university studies to the Roaring Forties. Join Slim and Soph as they navigate the remote Tasmanian wilderness aboard their Duncanson 34, Nakama, in 2026.
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