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We’re going LITHIUM!!! Huge Renogy Battery Upgrade | Sailing Sunday | Ep.167
Sailing Sunday is about to go Lithium!!!! **This is not a paid Sponsorship, we have been customers of Renogy for years so we are so excited for this upgrade! As we explore more remote places in this world, we encounter more and more desperate street animals often forgotten about. When Renogy found...
Installing Our Boat’s Battery-Powered A/C
After consulting with David and Kendra about their lifestyle, space, and power aboard SV Blue Moon, they decided to install a Temptress battery-powered air conditioning unit. In this video, you can follow along with their installation, to see if this is something you can do yourself. These air con...
Installing 1000Ah of LITHIUM + huge VICTRON installation! Episode 149
In this episode we do a full lithium installation of 1000Ah of battle born batteries. This is 10 x 100Ah batteries hooked up to a Victron distribution bus. We also have 3kW of solar which comes down to 4 x Victron charge controllers. We also install 2 x 3kW Victron multiples inverter/chargers, along...
Lithium Batteries | Sailboat Maintenance | Prep For Cast Off | Sailing Ep 290
While ticking off a few small jobs as we prepared for departure, our additional lithium batteries arrived. Hooray! This extra power boost will be useful over the next six months or so while at anchor and for running the new freezer. 🤙 Support us: PATREON | FTBMates | Rum Fund - 👌 00:00 Out of mar...
EVE cells LITHIUM BATTERY Capacity Test
We took the DIY route and for less than a US$1000 we got 280Ah EVE cells and a 100A Daly BMS. In this video we do a full capacity test of our lithium battery. If you missed the building of the battery make sure to check out this video. If you like what you see don't forget to give us the thum...
BEST MARINE LiFePO4 LITHIUM BATTERIES | BMS Installation Gone Wrong!
Best Marine LiFePO4 Lithium Batteries | BMS Installation Gone wrong! How we installed a battery management system. ► SUBSCRIBE for a new video every Sunday ☺ ► More about us ☺ Support Us Through Our Online Products ↠ awesome pet products - ↠ virtual guide for sailboat buyers - ↠ hakuna mer...
Build your own LITHIUM BATTERY CHEAPER than AGM (EVE cells)
Lithium batteries don't have to be crazy expensive. We took the DIY route and for less than a US$1000 we got 280Ah EVE cells and a 100A Daly BMS. In this video we show you how to build your own lithium battery in details. If you like what you see don't forget to give us the thumbs up! #...![How to Remove & Install a PROPELLER from a sailboat [Ep 158]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/NaA0tBbH-oY/mqdefault.webp)
How to Remove & Install a PROPELLER from a sailboat [Ep 158]
We swapped our composite propeller for a bronze 3 blade prop given to us by a fellow cruiser. And we show you how to remove and install a propeller on a sailboat. Thanks Lee for the prop and Scott for the tool rem over. The upgrades keep going as our AGM batteries died. So we decided to upgrade to L...
Will we be able to run our 16,000 Btu AC off our lithium battery bank?! (Calico Skies Sailing Ep 93)
In this episode we continue the installation of our marine air conditioner. We get right down to it, drilling a sea water exit hole in the hull. Typically this hole would be placed right at the waterline but we opt to install it near deck level since we are completing this install on the hook. Our h...
We are going Live! Electrical Systems Onboard Q&A Xantrex + Unforgettable Sailing
Hello Unforgettable Crew, We are going live in partnership with Xantrex to talk about Electrical Systems Onboard, from solar to Lithium and everything in between. It's a great opportunity to clear you doubts, make questions and learn a bit more about the subject. To answer your questions we�...
Sailing Avocet | DIY Lithium Batteries, Part 1.5
Thank you to everyone who watched part 1 of our DIY Lithium Battery build! Your questions and desire to dive deeper into the wild world of Lithium inspired us to make this part 1.5 to give you the answers you deserve! If you haven't already, please check out part one so you get the full story :...
How I learned to install solar? Final Countdown
Solar Array installation was a big feature in the last few days. Thanks to Merlin Solar for making this happen. Still lots to do and a tad bit of self doubt occasionally creeps in. Just a couple more days. Thanks to all those making this voyage possible: Keel Club Founding Members: Harry A. H...
1100w of solar on a 36 foot sailboat, yes please! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 75)
In this episode we complete a major upgrade to to our solar generating capacity. We add an additional 600w of solar to our existing 510w. 1110w of solar on a 36 foot monohull sailboat must be some sort of record lol! Earlier this summer we upgraded to 600 amps of lithium LiFePO4 batteries courtesy o...
We Finally Got the Mast Up! (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep 70)
It's a big day...after nearly a month of being without a mast it is being re-stepped! We took it down for inspection after the rig failed off Cape Hatteras and while it was down we added an exit point for a second spinnaker halyard and replaced/upgraded our roller furler to a beefier ocean-gra...
Christmas Came Early! Lithium Batteries from Delos (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep.69)
In this episode Bill is working on some rig upgrades since the mast is down - It had to be removed because a rod head popped when he was solo sailing Calico Skies offshore the east coast of the US, near Beaufort North Carolina. He begins by removing all ten rods which will be sent to the company tha...
LiFePO4 Installing Lithium Batteries On Our Sailing Boat | Weekly Vlog Ep. 60
In today's off grid vlog, we prepare to do the installation of our LiFePO4 lithium batteries on our sailboat. After over a month of finding a solution to our bettery problem, we finally received our LiFePO4 battery from BigBattery and have managed to do the installation fast enough to sail to ...
SAILBOAT TECH: How to transform your ENGINE into a GENERATOR! // Ryan’s Tech Corner #10
More tech videos from Ryan! The guide to Lithium batteries on a sailboat: In new installment of Ryan’s Tech Corner, we tell you all about alternators on sailboats and how you can turn your engine into a power-house generator. A little over a year ago, after we spent 2 months in Almerimar e...
How Cost effective is solar power? – ELECTRICAL BOAT TECH (7 of 7) – Sailing Vessel Delos
This discussion is centered around the cost effectiveness of solar panels and lithium batteries, mounting of your panels, and many other FAQ's listed below: Are solar panels cost effective? How have prices for solar decreased since we first installed them? Are Lithium batteries cost effect...
What can Lithium Power? – ELECTRICAL BOAT TECH (6 of 7) – Sailing Vessel Delos
I go over some of the major differences between 24V and 12V systems and talk about what it is realistic to power off of Lithium batteries and a large inverter onboard. We also talk about lot's of FAQ's that are listed below: Why do people care about watts? What fridges and freezers can ...
What’s in Brian’s Electrical Repair Kit??? – ELECTRICAL BOAT TECH (5 of 7)
I go over the contents of my electrical tool kit that allows me to repair most problems on Delos, and answer discuss the following topics: What tools, meters, and connectors do we carry on Delos? What resources do we carry for troubleshooting electrical problems? For more details on the gear used...
Lithium Battery Monitoring, heavy draw items, and inverters – BOAT TECH (4 of 7)
In this video I discuss how we monitor the charge and voltage of our Lithium batteries on Delos including the following topics: What are some of the heavy draw electrical items on Delos? What can be run directly off the batteries and inverters? How do we monitor our Lithium batteries on Delos? For...
1 YEAR REVIEW – Induction Cooking on a Sailboat – ELECTRICAL BOAT TECH (3 of 7)
Over 1 year ago we dropped propane and went fully electric with an induction stove and electric oven, all powered by Lithium batteries. In this video we do a 1 year review of how it's worked aboard Delos and answer these questions: How is the induction stove and electric oven working out for...
SOLAR Vs. WIND – How much power can you make? ELECTRICAL BOAT TECH (2 of 7) – Sailing Vessel Delos
In this video I go through how much power we generate daily on SV Delos, where it comes from, and how our generator time has gone down by 30% after installing Lithium batteries! Topics in this video are: How much power do we generate on a daily basis from solar on a sailboat? How much power do we...