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That sounds interesting! So I could have my anchor winch rum directly from the battery? I draws an Initial 140 amps. Just by bypassing the BMS? Be course that is one other reason why I was considering this; the limits a BMS would put on both in and output of the battery. The anchor winch is now...

@Dzl : thanks for taking the time for a serious response (and to all others as well). My point was (and still is a bit) that there is three sources of energy for the LifePo4 battery, all of them backed with considerable intelligence and a battery monitor. I remember that, for larger systems, we...

I get your point (although I am not sure if it is possible for a single cell to hold more than 4.2 volts) But I definitely don't intent to just smack 4 cells from Ali on sale together. They will we A-grade (Winston, Catl, Sinopoly or Calb) and they will be top-balanced. I am considering adding...

So you think I do, but why? What will the BMS do for the battery that the other systems don't?

First of all, thank you for having me on your Forum, I am a 55 year old University Professor with a 32 ft sailboat. My former boat had solar and I loved it, so the now boat has to use solar as well I am making my ship ready for a conversion to LifePo4 coming from SLA. My current set up is that...