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Hey folks,
I'm in the process of refitting and repowering a liveaboard sailboat.
I'm going to be using an electric inboard as auxiliary propulsion. I've purchased a motor kit (controller, gearing, thrust bearing, shaft coupler, throttle, harnesses, belts etc etc oh and ofc a 48v brushless dc motor) from thunderstruck ev (awesome folks 287000 stars) which I plan to power with 8x renogy 100w monocrystalline (4s2p I think is correct, 2 groups of 4 panels is how I think of it) and as yet undetermined vertical axis wind turbines.
Last summer I had my panels up hooked to a "demo" bank of 4 12v 100ah fla deep cycles. They suck. I'm used to AGM. Most importantly they do not meet my discharge requirements. I need to be able to discharge 60a continuous and 180a for 1 minute. No margin in those discharge rates either btw.
So I need opinions on battery brands. Planning to spend on lithium. Let's call it a $3k budget. 48v, >100ah (ofc more is better).
Was planning on expertpowers new 48v100ah metal box of coolness but it has very few reviews and is not rated for water resistance.
So any thoughts on who makes quality stuff for cheap? You'd think 3 grand would be enough but it's def restrictive
I'm in the process of refitting and repowering a liveaboard sailboat.
I'm going to be using an electric inboard as auxiliary propulsion. I've purchased a motor kit (controller, gearing, thrust bearing, shaft coupler, throttle, harnesses, belts etc etc oh and ofc a 48v brushless dc motor) from thunderstruck ev (awesome folks 287000 stars) which I plan to power with 8x renogy 100w monocrystalline (4s2p I think is correct, 2 groups of 4 panels is how I think of it) and as yet undetermined vertical axis wind turbines.
Last summer I had my panels up hooked to a "demo" bank of 4 12v 100ah fla deep cycles. They suck. I'm used to AGM. Most importantly they do not meet my discharge requirements. I need to be able to discharge 60a continuous and 180a for 1 minute. No margin in those discharge rates either btw.
So I need opinions on battery brands. Planning to spend on lithium. Let's call it a $3k budget. 48v, >100ah (ofc more is better).
Was planning on expertpowers new 48v100ah metal box of coolness but it has very few reviews and is not rated for water resistance.
So any thoughts on who makes quality stuff for cheap? You'd think 3 grand would be enough but it's def restrictive