Solar Watts for a Liveaboard Boat
Liveaboards ask me the same question every week: how many solar watts does a boat actually need? The honest answer depends on…
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Storing Lithium Over Winter
Parking your rig for the winter is not the time to just walk away and forget the battery bank exists. LiFePO4 batteries…
What Is a LiFePO4 Battery? A Plain Guide
If you have shopped for RV or van batteries lately, you have run into the letters LiFePO4 about a hundred times. Here…
Where to Mount a Lithium Battery
Picking a spot for your LiFePO4 bank is not just about what fits under the bed. Get the placement wrong and you…
Why Capacity Drops, and What’s Normal
Every LiFePO4 battery loses a little capacity over time, that part is normal and expected. The question that actually matters is how…
Why Lithium Voltage Drops Off a Cliff
You glance at the monitor while the microwave is running and the voltage has dropped from 13.2 to 11.8 in seconds, and…
Why Your BMS Shut the Battery Off
A lithium battery that goes completely dead for no obvious reason usually has not failed at all. Its battery management system stepped…