Thanks so much to Battleborn Batteries for jumping in and saving our day. If you are also in the market to upgrade to a Lithium bank, check out their website: battlebornbatteries.com/?afmc=kt&
if you saw how many people get killed and very seriously injured youd not be using anything lithium..... also lithium dont like heat so you make sure you ventilate that battery area... ohh god i cant believe how many silly people buy stupid lithium batteries.
What a wonderful episode! Becka I'm amazed at your electrician skills, Zach your tenacity in problem solving shines thru again. It's fun to watch you guys complete these projects, you work together so well. Battleborns are the best. You guys did a great job of picking and installing that system. Stay healthy and keep those wonderful smiles going!
Im an electronics engineer, and I have to say that I'm super impressed with the care that you guys took when installing this. The wiring looks neater and better labelled than many electricians would do, and the fact that got technical help when you werent sure of something shows great self awareness. I know many fellow engineers who wouldnt take half of the care you took to get it neat and labelled correctly. Congratulations on a job well done 👍
Watch out, Becka. Being known as a good electrician will make you lots of friends around the marina. LOTS of friends. You'll need a spreadsheet to track all the people asking you for help. Great work. Very impressive. Not the first time I've been impressed with both of your learning curve. Cheers!
Tell me about it, I'm an IT guy by trade but I'm pretty decent at wiring up boats (done about 8 so far, including my own) and you are not wrong about needing a spreadsheet. The flipside is that any time I'm in need of some spending money I can just drop I do electrical and I'm suddenly swamped with more beer than I can drink >.>
Undoubtedly big money for the upgrade, but being self sufficient anywhere you go is undoubtedly worth it. Every video I am more impressed with the both of you and your strengths compliment each other.
Becka, you are so smart, well done, I am an electrician I know the the degree of knowledge it takes to do what you have accomplished both of you are a great team. Becka, you are a perfect candidate for a degree in electrical engineering big $. Well done my fiends👍🇺🇸
What an awesome episode, i was wondering if Becca's background was electrical as you seem seiously skilled, the two of you are doing so incredibly well, thanks for sharing, Best of Luck .
So glad you woke up Becka. That would have been devastating. Looking on the bright side, you got the opportunity to upgrade your power systems to better support your off-grid demands. You certainly had a busy hurricane season, working on the boat, visiting family, getting engaged ❤ and exploring Aruba.
What studs! You turned a near disaster into a major blessing. The fact that they had so much of what you needed right in your backyard is unbelievable. Beckas computer work. Now on hand for future reference if questions arise. All the upgrades to make your journey safer, again. You are now electrical engineers in training. Good stuff. Congratulations. Love you two. Stay safe. ❤🙏
I am an old retired engineer who has done a lot of engineering on 5 continents and lived on 3 of them, I have been responsible for thousands of people working on projects so have some idea of those who can “get things done” you two impress me with your can do and problem solving ability, your both Objective focused not Task driven that’s an important behavior as it drives success , Becka you really seem to know your way around electrical so I am assuming you must have some training in the area by the way you understand how things need to be done to do it safely. I am enjoying following along , my wife and I lived in England for a number of years near Manchester in Alderly Edge. I really enjoyed your visit to Wales we traveled some of the same motorways while exploring. Keep enjoying life and supporting each other life goes by more quickly than you think we have been married 49 years and it seems like 15 ?
You guys should be congratulated .........your organization skills alone and together are obviously very useful and important in this sailing game. Video of the project was excellent.
I watched Bret and Jade when wiring their batteries. Bret learned that all the battery cables needed to be equal lengths to prevent over working any individual battery. And extending their life. 😊Great job you two. Love Watching your channel. 😊
Also adding a 4 inch 12 volt box fan to assist with airflow will help extend the life of your electronics. I realize a fan is installed in your inverter charger. But the smaller electronics rely solely upon the heat sink!
You two are always so encouraging to one another...never underestimate how vital praising your partner is to a relationship...Another great episode Cheers you two 🥃
Beck, I'm so impressed with your electrical knowledge. Of course, like most knowledge comes from experience, which you have from getting zapped back in the uk. You kids have done so good❤
You guy's are truly inspirational. Your "fearless of failure" approach is a lesson to us all. Self taught = a far greater understanding of your boats systems, so when things enevitably go wrong, you'll know how to fix it. Also, when I eventually cast the lines, I'll know who to turn to for advice! Loving the Channel, BTW.
Cheers Thomas, we totally agree that building the system yourself really helps you out when you are in the middle of an ocean and something goes wrong. Thanks for watching 😊
Hats off to you guys, when it comes to electrics and making up wiring diagrams on a computer, it’s a dark art to me. I’m a pencil behind my ear Jack of all trades, but mostly a mechanic and engines are my thing. You’ll now be able to run fairy lights up your mast and rigging ready for Xmas Best wishes from Burry Port.😊xx
You make watching your episodes fun, the way you explain I’ve enjoyed watching you become the sailors you are with each passing episode Great job you two
I'm an electrical engineer of 80 metre yachts. Quite a step up, but the principles are the same. Somethings you might want to consider: - Draw the electrical diagrams from top to bottom. Incoming power at the top, users at the bottom. So, solar panels and shore connection at the top of the page, inverters and chargers in the middle, batteries and breaker box at the bottom. Also, try not to cross wires. This makes it easier to see what's going on. - Number the electrical items and cables. Something like E0001 for electrical equipment, and W0001 for cables. That way you don't have to draw everything on one giant page. You can even number the cables in correspondence with the page number. Like cables on page 1 start from W0101, W0102, etc. Cables on page page 2 start from W0201, W0202, etc. ;-) - Putting the wire size on the diagram is great. I was just wondering if you're using ship cable (no halogen)? - It's hard tell on video if your breaker box has residual-current protection. I'd definitely add residual-current circuit breakers if that's not the case. - I would use something like EdrawMax electrical and standard electrical symbols, but use whatever you feel comfortable with.
My friend is a university educated electrical engineer and he chose to have this exact job done by marine electricians certified for lithium installations. Fair play to you both for taking this on, but I hope you get your final instal inspected. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you have amateur installed kit powerful enough to kill you and/or burn the boat to nothing. Well done. Impressive 👍
Yup, Battle Born for the win. I can't remember how many DIY boat refits I have watched and seen most of them ditch their "inherited" battery set up for BB's. Well done on the first go, you two.
This is an interesting video. We do this type of power installation all the time when configuring a new cellular site. Consider yourself fortunate to have a hydraulic compression tool for as many lugs as you are installing. This tool requires less effort and is smaller than the equivalent manual tool. Its great for working in a tight space like a boat. Also does a neater job. Its OK to use a match on your heat shrink. Just rotate the cable in the flame for uniform heat application. By the way, using a razor knife to strip the insulation from the power cable is quite OK, Just don't nick the copper wire as it can create premature failure. Also remember to secure your heavy power cables to prevent flex fatigue. Keep up the good work.
Ok and Ok! WoW what an experience and to have shared it with the two of you! Thank you both for an excellent video and showing WE can work together as a small team or large! You both are to be commended for the ideas and skills! Safe sailing always to YOOU and ALL the sailors out there!!
Standing the controllers from the bulkhead will assist in cooling for the airflow. Also if you faced any condensate drips down the bulkhead, it will keep the moisture off the controllers. I realize there is an heat sink helping with the stand off. More airflow the better! Good luck guys and great teamwork!
Another job well done. You both take pride in doing the work required to do top notch job, from the drawings to the placement of components, running the wires and above all doing it neatly.
Impressive. Becka is just a regular electrical engineer in the making. But the support crew is equally competent on the infrastructure abilities. Together a team that is to go far. Cheers and very good job.
1992 before you were born, OMG. I started as a 16 year old apprentice in communication engineering in 1974 - a very warm summer incidentally. Where have you been :-), missed all the best music and a world that made far more sense than it does today. You are doing well for a couple of ankle biters, you still need a lead acid battery for the starter motor and to protect the alternator against disconnection which would be its down fall.
Hey guys, just a thought. I am concerned about the combined weight of those batteries and the tie down strap. Consider screwing down a thin strip of wood before each row of batteries onto the wooden base. This strip will hold the batteries in position and the strap is then a secondary measure (redundancy is king). If you are rolling during passage or at anchor you have that extra security. More so if you are constantly heeling during passage all that weight is not against the strap.
Lucky! Lithium the way to go, more safety. New Charger yay! Put a heat sensor in the cubby hole too. Be careful with your insurance when buying stuff from e bay that has limited warranty or is used or the seller is not supported by the maker of the stuff,if you need to claim some insurance companies will not pay out. Another thing that is coming up is self build systems that have not been checked by a qualified electrician/ certified in boats are not covered by your insurance. I may have missed it on a past episode, has your been checked? A fire resistant board on the Victron inverter/ charger is now required. May be worth chatting to your boat insurance to clarify.
I love your wiring diagram!!! That will be such a useful diagram for years to come and especially if you sell the boat to someone else. Also I've binging from the start and I'm almost caught up to your last video. That is a little bit sad because now I'll have to wait for new episodes. :)
Loved the cat in the background 😂 I love what you guys are doing. I’d love to be able to do what you’re doing. Hopefully someday soon. Take care and enjoy
Just a small thing to add here, the battery calculating table you showed at 23:03 kinda confused my because you were using kWh and kW simultaneously, however one is a unit of power consumption and the other is a unit of energy capacity, so i quickly added the numbers and checked it myself: In theory, if you were using everything at once your total wattage would be 12.2 kW. In reality it wont make much of a difference except for when it comes to designing breaker circuits. If you calculate your breakers based on the 9 kW you assumed, you might run into issues when you have a lot of power consumption simultaneously, so e.g. Watermaker, Air Fryer, Kettle, Water Heater, Cooktop and Microwave together already comes to 8.3 kW. And in the future you might add some more high-power-consuming stuff, what could lead to problems. I also noticed that you added the 3000w inverter in the list, and to my knowledge the inverter shouldn't really use a lot of power for himself, but anyways, just wanted to add this as a quick side-note, might be worth double checking your theoretical maximum power consumption as it is what you need to decide on the amps your breakers should trigger!
Another great episode and demonstration of your continuing hard work/improvements. Becka seems to have some brilliant electrical skills and knowledge. I felt very old when you mentioned birthdates ! Hope you are negotiating good discounts/freebies with all the equipment suppliers, in return for the exposure to your long list of viewers.
Brilliant job! You have both really come a long way! Your determination and drive are impressive. So happy for the both of you. Love your channel and always look forward to Mondays. Safe travels, gods speed.
Hi guys, good job! Congrats and well done. Please take care of good air flow and ventilation where the Multiplus and the DC/DC charger are sitting. Both components shut slowly down with their efficiency when they get over 40 degrees Celsius. Especially the DC/ DC Charger gets very hot. I have mounted mine on a metal panel in between the shelf and charger to have better heat distribution and never faced a downgrade in efficiency so far. 🙋🏼♂️
I built a lifepo4 battery out of 280 amh cells. I have eight cells in series for a 24 V battery. I've paired it with a 3000 watt inverter. It's not for a boat, although I did put electric motors in two boats long ago. My lithium iron batts are a backup power supply for my cabin in the woods. The cells range in price. $100-150. Best bang for a Buck or Pound in my opinion. I am open to being proved wrong though.
A swollen battery is no joke. They are very dangerous. Not only do they get hot but they start off gassing Hydrogen. In an enclosed space like in a sailboat locker the gas can accumulate to the level were a hydrogen air explosion can occur. If it doesn't blow out the compartment the flash can ignite anything flammable in the location.
Hay that smell after working on aircraft for a long time I have seen a pilot place an aircraft US for a brown smell in the cockpit a few times I think he was saying wire burning smell but at 35 thousand feet in a fighter jet a brown smell would be correct. Nice work in the wiring job you two.
Well done on the lithium upgrade. The only thing I'd question is mounting the batteries on their side, I'd prefer to see the lugs on top. Might be worth double checking this.
Well done to you both! I do have an idea as when my dad got extra batteries on his boat back in the late 70's early eighties we had a power charger to help us with charging the huge batteries we had on his Grand Banks 42 foot! As we lived on it in England whilst we were house hunting and the max we could get it to with the gas heater was 60° honest! so I give you both a huge round of applause 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌Bravo! Both of you! 😀😉
I have been sailing old school constantly since 1982 lucky enough to have a wind charger and 200w of solar , I am totally in awe of your knowledge and forward planning 😮 and of course, a sponsor helps 🙂
An impressive and completely absorbing episode. Thank you and by the way, you are both awesome for your approach to challenges and implement the solution. Well done.
I don't even use lighted candles anymore for ambience since now at the far end of middle age...Don't trust myself to extinhquish them...and im not even talking while sailing.. So happy for your luck that the hot old batteries didnt do more harm.. and what a well organized and first rate upgrade you both did.. Like a work of Art!!! And i hope you get years of good use from your hard work. 😊
Excellent, 9.6kWh is a huge bank so enable lots of power devices and even more electric cooking, so reduces the amount of gas and faff filling cylinders. Just one comment, the Victron DC>DC chargers run hotter than the sun. Ours is mounted on the outside of the nav seat with a 3" hole behind it and we still recorded 59.9c in the UK summer. So monitor carefully once you are back in the water and use the engine. If necessary a small computer fan behind it seems to be the answer. Yes its still on our "to do" list, but will get around to it shortly.
Awesome video and demonstration of skills too. Mastering electrical installations is no easy feat - you guys smashed it 👏🏻. Just understanding all the different terms (Watts, amps, volts, current (amps) kWh, Ah etc etc) will have your science teachers feeling like they got something right!!
Well done you 2 , she's a game changer now. Looking forward to seeing how this all works for you. As usual, keep up the good work. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿
Heya guys, I zoomed in on the battery pack on your wiring diagram, it looks like you have the positive cable (going to the battery isolator switch) and the negative cable (going to victron smartshunt) coming off the SAME battery. If this is the case, you’re going to cause lots of problems in the long term with those expensive BattleBorn batteries. At an absolute minimum, you want to have the positive and negative coming off opposite ends of the parallel chain, but still going to have issues with unbalanced charging and discharging. Best case is to have all positives and all negatives connecting to a positive and negative busbar, with equal length cables for each run. This will give equal resistance for each battery, allowing equal charge and discharge of all 8 batteries, and setting yourself your for getting the full lifecycle out of these batteries!
@@TeuluTribe beautiful, it sounds like you want to be on this boat for the next 10 years plus, I just want to see all this good quality equipment last as long x
Hats off to you both for averting potential disaster, and figuring out some pretty complex wiring on your own! As a commercial and residential electrician, I'm getting more interested in the boating side of things and still have much to learn about the technology. Some suggestions on tools, as your budget allows in the future: a compact band-saw is ideal for cutting metal, including larger-gauge wire. They cut neatly and don't throw smoke/fumes/particles. Milwaukee makes a great one (2429-20). As for cutting wood; absolutely anything but the tool Zach is using!😀. But seriously, there are very good cordless compact circular saws out there, or even a cordless jigsaw! Keep up the good work!
A good solution and some great DIY work again🎉 for a not so great problem suddenly ocurring..so lucky it started and stayed with only the smell😮..I guess all your fire alarms and emergency exits and drills are checked and done too..😊 (PS try to create some extra non electric ventilation of the battery box too..you saw that when electricity fails the batteries can still heat up)
Ieuw that sucks. Glad your alright....physically. Victron is my choise also. You need to be able to trust the electricity. I built a lifepo4 with breaker for voltage and amp next to its BMS(JK). It gives me all the protection to feel safe. I saw grounding issues with on acorn to Arabella and on Flying Coney with Victron. Not sure what s going on there. Something with shore power and or dynamo stray current Electricity is a mystery by chance. Cheers. I love all the blue.
Victron over heat. Put a bloody fan on the mppt charge controller. They can get bloody hot. Best of luck with all that gear. I know you young people like doing stuff by yourselves. But some times us old things know a thing or two. Believe it or not, we enjoy helping others make the right choices when going off grid.
Thanks so much to Battleborn Batteries for jumping in and saving our day. If you are also in the market to upgrade to a Lithium bank, check out their website: battlebornbatteries.com/?afmc=kt&
if you saw how many people get killed and very seriously injured youd not be using anything lithium..... also lithium dont like heat so you make sure you ventilate that battery area... ohh god i cant believe how many silly people buy stupid lithium batteries.
What a wonderful episode! Becka I'm amazed at your electrician skills, Zach your tenacity in problem solving shines thru again. It's fun to watch you guys complete these projects, you work together so well. Battleborns are the best. You guys did a great job of picking and installing that system. Stay healthy and keep those wonderful smiles going!
Thanks so much! It was a struggle at times, but we got through 😀 and it was so worth it for the extra power!
1992 is before you two were born. Fucking hell I'm old.
You are only as old as you feel😉
Im an electronics engineer, and I have to say that I'm super impressed with the care that you guys took when installing this. The wiring looks neater and better labelled than many electricians would do, and the fact that got technical help when you werent sure of something shows great self awareness. I know many fellow engineers who wouldnt take half of the care you took to get it neat and labelled correctly.
Congratulations on a job well done 👍
Watch out, Becka. Being known as a good electrician will make you lots of friends around the marina. LOTS of friends. You'll need a spreadsheet to track all the people asking you for help.
Great work. Very impressive. Not the first time I've been impressed with both of your learning curve. Cheers!
Haha she has become a proper wizz at electrics 😊 Cheers Ken!
Tell me about it, I'm an IT guy by trade but I'm pretty decent at wiring up boats (done about 8 so far, including my own) and you are not wrong about needing a spreadsheet. The flipside is that any time I'm in need of some spending money I can just drop I do electrical and I'm suddenly swamped with more beer than I can drink >.>
Undoubtedly big money for the upgrade, but being self sufficient anywhere you go is undoubtedly worth it. Every video I am more impressed with the both of you and your strengths compliment each other.
Becka, you are so smart, well done, I am an electrician I know the the degree of knowledge it takes to do what you have accomplished both of you are a great team. Becka, you are a perfect candidate for a degree in electrical engineering big $. Well done my fiends👍🇺🇸
She sure is! I'll swing the idea by her😅 Cheers😊
What an awesome episode, i was wondering if Becca's background was electrical as you seem seiously skilled, the two of you are doing so incredibly well, thanks for sharing, Best of Luck .
So glad you woke up Becka. That would have been devastating. Looking on the bright side, you got the opportunity to upgrade your power systems to better support your off-grid demands. You certainly had a busy hurricane season, working on the boat, visiting family, getting engaged ❤ and exploring Aruba.
What studs! You turned a near disaster into a major blessing. The fact that they had so much of what you needed right in your backyard is unbelievable. Beckas computer work. Now on hand for future reference if questions arise. All the upgrades to make your journey safer, again. You are now electrical engineers in training. Good stuff. Congratulations. Love you two. Stay safe. ❤🙏
Thanks Steve! Becka did an amazing job with the diagram 😊
I am an old retired engineer who has done a lot of engineering on 5 continents and lived on 3 of them, I have been responsible for thousands of people working on projects so have some idea of those who can “get things done” you two impress me with your can do and problem solving ability, your both Objective focused not Task driven that’s an important behavior as it drives success , Becka you really seem to know your way around electrical so I am assuming you must have some training in the area by the way you understand how things need to be done to do it safely.
I am enjoying following along , my wife and I lived in England for a number of years near Manchester in Alderly Edge. I really enjoyed your visit to Wales we traveled some of the same motorways while exploring.
Keep enjoying life and supporting each other life goes by more quickly than you think we have been married 49 years and it seems like 15 ?
Becka, Your smile is worth a million pounds.
Thanks you ☺️
You guys should be congratulated .........your organization skills alone and together are obviously very useful and important in this sailing game. Video of the project was excellent.
Thank you Garry, this did take a lot of organising😅 Glad you enjoyed it!
I watched Bret and Jade when wiring their batteries. Bret learned that all the battery cables needed to be equal lengths to prevent over working any individual battery. And extending their life. 😊Great job you two. Love Watching your channel. 😊
Also adding a 4 inch 12 volt box fan to assist with airflow will help extend the life of your electronics. I realize a fan is installed in your inverter charger. But the smaller electronics rely solely upon the heat sink!
Thanks for the tip Duncan, we’ll look into it 😊
I've seen a few indications of your pride in your home country. I love to see that and I think you're a great couple.
Thank you 🙏
Proper Cable, proper Job xx
Whilst the sailing is excellent, so impressed with your skills range, excellent video
Great work...I think the unsung heroes here are the blue IKEA bags!
Beck’s, you4 not just a 🎉pritty woman, you are a smart lady as well also that fantastic smile is contagious. Thanks from Canada
You two are always so encouraging to one another...never underestimate how vital praising your partner is to a relationship...Another great episode
Cheers you two 🥃
Well done, kids! What an accomplishment. Thanks 4 sharing. Be well ❤
Thank you 😊
I envy you patience in planning before jumping on the task at hand. Good show!
Beck, I'm so impressed with your electrical knowledge. Of course, like most knowledge comes from experience, which you have from getting zapped back in the uk. You kids have done so good❤
She did a cracking job with all the electronics! Cheers❤️
You guy's are truly inspirational. Your "fearless of failure" approach is a lesson to us all. Self taught = a far greater understanding of your boats systems, so when things enevitably go wrong, you'll know how to fix it. Also, when I eventually cast the lines, I'll know who to turn to for advice! Loving the Channel, BTW.
Cheers Thomas, we totally agree that building the system yourself really helps you out when you are in the middle of an ocean and something goes wrong. Thanks for watching 😊
Hats off to you guys, when it comes to electrics and making up wiring diagrams on a computer, it’s a dark art to me. I’m a pencil behind my ear Jack of all trades, but mostly a mechanic and engines are my thing.
You’ll now be able to run fairy lights up your mast and rigging ready for Xmas
Best wishes from Burry Port.😊xx
You 2 are truly amaizng. The upgrade was quite an accomplishment. Look forward to your continued adventures.
Cheers 😊
You make watching your episodes fun, the way you explain
I’ve enjoyed watching you become the sailors you are with each passing episode
Great job you two
Cheers 😁
I'm an electrical engineer of 80 metre yachts. Quite a step up, but the principles are the same. Somethings you might want to consider:
- Draw the electrical diagrams from top to bottom. Incoming power at the top, users at the bottom. So, solar panels and shore connection at the top of the page, inverters and chargers in the middle, batteries and breaker box at the bottom. Also, try not to cross wires. This makes it easier to see what's going on.
- Number the electrical items and cables. Something like E0001 for electrical equipment, and W0001 for cables. That way you don't have to draw everything on one giant page. You can even number the cables in correspondence with the page number. Like cables on page 1 start from W0101, W0102, etc. Cables on page page 2 start from W0201, W0202, etc. ;-)
- Putting the wire size on the diagram is great. I was just wondering if you're using ship cable (no halogen)?
- It's hard tell on video if your breaker box has residual-current protection. I'd definitely add residual-current circuit breakers if that's not the case.
- I would use something like EdrawMax electrical and standard electrical symbols, but use whatever you feel comfortable with.
My friend is a university educated electrical engineer and he chose to have this exact job done by marine electricians certified for lithium installations. Fair play to you both for taking this on, but I hope you get your final instal inspected. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you have amateur installed kit powerful enough to kill you and/or burn the boat to nothing. Well done. Impressive 👍
Excellent and impressive diagram, Becka. Spot on!
Top job! Good to know that I won't have any problems using my hairdryer!
It is awe inspiring to see where you are now from your tentative steps into sailing and then leaving your homes and our shores to further your dreams
Yup, Battle Born for the win. I can't remember how many DIY boat refits I have watched and seen most of them ditch their "inherited" battery set up for BB's. Well done on the first go, you two.
We couldn't be happier with our Battle Born batteries, cheers😁
This is an interesting video. We do this type of power installation all the time when configuring a new cellular site. Consider yourself fortunate to have a hydraulic compression tool for as many lugs as you are installing. This tool requires less effort and is smaller than the equivalent manual tool. Its great for working in a tight space like a boat. Also does a neater job. Its OK to use a match on your heat shrink. Just rotate the cable in the flame for uniform heat application. By the way, using a razor knife to strip the insulation from the power cable is quite OK, Just don't nick the copper wire as it can create premature failure. Also remember to secure your heavy power cables to prevent flex fatigue. Keep up the good work.
Ok and Ok! WoW what an experience and to have shared it with the two of you! Thank you both for an excellent video and showing WE can work together as a small team or large! You both are to be commended for the ideas and skills! Safe sailing always to YOOU and ALL the sailors out there!!
Becha, I'm suggesting OFF all electrical appliances when sleep or not around. Is to be safe on not over heated or fire.
Wish both of you happy trips!
Standing the controllers from the bulkhead will assist in cooling for the airflow. Also if you faced any condensate drips down the bulkhead, it will keep the moisture off the controllers.
I realize there is an heat sink helping with the stand off. More airflow the better!
Good luck guys and great teamwork!
Thanks for the advice Duncan, we’ll have a think about this! Cheers 😁
Another job well done. You both take pride in doing the work required to do top notch job, from the drawings to the placement of components, running the wires and above all doing it neatly.
Impressive. Becka is just a regular electrical engineer in the making. But the support crew is equally competent on the infrastructure abilities. Together a team that is to go far. Cheers and very good job.
1992 before you were born, OMG. I started as a 16 year old apprentice in communication engineering in 1974 - a very warm summer incidentally. Where have you been :-), missed all the best music and a world that made far more sense than it does today. You are doing well for a couple of ankle biters, you still need a lead acid battery for the starter motor and to protect the alternator against disconnection which would be its down fall.
Hey guys, just a thought. I am concerned about the combined weight of those batteries and the tie down strap. Consider screwing down a thin strip of wood before each row of batteries onto the wooden base. This strip will hold the batteries in position and the strap is then a secondary measure (redundancy is king). If you are rolling during passage or at anchor you have that extra security. More so if you are constantly heeling during passage all that weight is not against the strap.
Lucky!
Lithium the way to go, more safety.
New Charger yay!
Put a heat sensor in the cubby hole too.
Be careful with your insurance when buying stuff from e bay that has limited warranty or is used or the seller is not supported by the maker of the stuff,if you need to claim some insurance companies will not pay out. Another thing that is coming up is self build systems that have not been checked by a qualified electrician/ certified in boats are not covered by your insurance. I may have missed it on a past episode, has your been checked? A fire resistant board on the Victron inverter/ charger is now required. May be worth chatting to your boat insurance to clarify.
Very lucky 😅 Good idea about the heat sensor. We'll have a look into it, thanks for the advice!
I love your wiring diagram!!! That will be such a useful diagram for years to come and especially if you sell the boat to someone else. Also I've binging from the start and I'm almost caught up to your last video. That is a little bit sad because now I'll have to wait for new episodes. :)
Fit a battery smoke alarm and CO detector in your engine room and anywhere you have batteries or appliances.
Loved the cat in the background 😂
I love what you guys are doing. I’d love to be able to do what you’re doing. Hopefully someday soon. Take care and enjoy
Just a small thing to add here, the battery calculating table you showed at 23:03 kinda confused my because you were using kWh and kW simultaneously, however one is a unit of power consumption and the other is a unit of energy capacity, so i quickly added the numbers and checked it myself: In theory, if you were using everything at once your total wattage would be 12.2 kW. In reality it wont make much of a difference except for when it comes to designing breaker circuits. If you calculate your breakers based on the 9 kW you assumed, you might run into issues when you have a lot of power consumption simultaneously, so e.g. Watermaker, Air Fryer, Kettle, Water Heater, Cooktop and Microwave together already comes to 8.3 kW. And in the future you might add some more high-power-consuming stuff, what could lead to problems. I also noticed that you added the 3000w inverter in the list, and to my knowledge the inverter shouldn't really use a lot of power for himself, but anyways, just wanted to add this as a quick side-note, might be worth double checking your theoretical maximum power consumption as it is what you need to decide on the amps your breakers should trigger!
...and cable sizes....
Your wiring diagram is spot on! I love it!
Another great episode and demonstration of your continuing hard work/improvements.
Becka seems to have some brilliant electrical skills and knowledge.
I felt very old when you mentioned birthdates !
Hope you are negotiating good discounts/freebies with all the equipment suppliers, in return for the exposure to your long list of viewers.
Becka is a proper sparky now. Just keep that deep respect for the power you are controlling. Good work. Zack really seems to need a jigsaw.
Brilliant job! You have both really come a long way! Your determination and drive are impressive. So happy for the both of you. Love your channel and always look forward to Mondays. Safe travels, gods speed.
Hi guys, good job! Congrats and well done. Please take care of good air flow and ventilation where the Multiplus and the DC/DC charger are sitting. Both components shut slowly down with their efficiency when they get over 40 degrees Celsius. Especially the DC/ DC Charger gets very hot. I have mounted mine on a metal panel in between the shelf and charger to have better heat distribution and never faced a downgrade in efficiency so far. 🙋🏼♂️
Getting to become one of the best channels out there
I am blow away at your ability to study a thing, figure it out, build it and improve your boat. Thanks team!
So very impressed!
Nice one Ken 😁
I built a lifepo4 battery out of 280 amh cells. I have eight cells in series for a 24 V battery. I've paired it with a 3000 watt inverter. It's not for a boat, although I did put electric motors in two boats long ago. My lithium iron batts are a backup power supply for my cabin in the woods. The cells range in price. $100-150. Best bang for a Buck or Pound in my opinion. I am open to being proved wrong though.
Only on a sailboat, you’re allowed to use a kitchen knife as a wire cutter 🤣
I'm hooked on your videos. You guys do a stellar job with content, filming, editing.. the whole lot!
Nice install, from all reports the system you installed is the best on the market today. Enjoy!
A swollen battery is no joke. They are very dangerous. Not only do they get hot but they start off gassing Hydrogen. In an enclosed space like in a sailboat locker the gas can accumulate to the level were a hydrogen air explosion can occur. If it doesn't blow out the compartment the flash can ignite anything flammable in the location.
Seriously well done! That diagram was absolutely awesome! Battleborn batteries are definitely a game changers for sailing!
You guys are incredible! Thanks for another great episode! ❤
This... That... And More - Awaome !!!
Becka's electrical diagram! Impressive! I froze the screen and stared in amazement!
Hay that smell after working on aircraft for a long time I have seen a pilot place an aircraft US for a brown smell in the cockpit a few times I think he was saying wire burning smell but at 35 thousand feet in a fighter jet a brown smell would be correct. Nice work in the wiring job you two.
Well done on the lithium upgrade. The only thing I'd question is mounting the batteries on their side, I'd prefer to see the lugs on top. Might be worth double checking this.
Truly enjoying your channel. So good to see the progression or updates to the boat each week. Hope you can find the strength to continue. Take care.
Well done to you both! I do have an idea as when my dad got extra batteries on his boat back in the late 70's early eighties we had a power charger to help us with charging the huge batteries we had on his Grand Banks 42 foot! As we lived on it in England whilst we were house hunting and the max we could get it to with the gas heater was 60° honest! so I give you both a huge round of applause 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌Bravo! Both of you! 😀😉
Like a pro. Well done.
Cheers 🙏
That was SUCH a good ep. Hugest congrats … you guys rock 🎉😊
I have been sailing old school constantly since 1982 lucky enough to have a wind charger and 200w of solar , I am totally in awe of your knowledge and forward planning 😮 and of course, a sponsor helps 🙂
An impressive and completely absorbing episode. Thank you and by the way, you are both awesome for your approach to challenges and implement the solution. Well done.
Bloody hell you two our amazing working together my wife and I would honestly kill each other doing that ore somebody will be lost at sea 😂
After last year's installment, I didn't expect you to be at it again. Great job, calculating, selecting, drawing and installing! Impressive work.
You two are so calm, measured and patient. Can we see the bloopers where you are throwing tools and swearing at each other 🙂
Total respect for your electrical skills. I’ve been living on boats for 20 years and still consider electricity a kind of witchcraft!!
I don't even use lighted candles anymore for ambience since now at the far end of middle age...Don't trust myself to extinhquish them...and im not even talking while sailing.. So happy for your luck that the hot old batteries didnt do more harm.. and what a well organized and first rate upgrade you both did.. Like a work of Art!!! And i hope you get years of good use from your hard work. 😊
Excellent, 9.6kWh is a huge bank so enable lots of power devices and even more electric cooking, so reduces the amount of gas and faff filling cylinders.
Just one comment, the Victron DC>DC chargers run hotter than the sun. Ours is mounted on the outside of the nav seat with a 3" hole behind it and we still recorded 59.9c in the UK summer. So monitor carefully once you are back in the water and use the engine. If necessary a small computer fan behind it seems to be the answer. Yes its still on our "to do" list, but will get around to it shortly.
Soooo much power ❤️ Thanks for the heads up, we will keep an eye on it next time it is in use! Good idea with fan😊
Great job
Awesome video and demonstration of skills too. Mastering electrical installations is no easy feat - you guys smashed it 👏🏻. Just understanding all the different terms (Watts, amps, volts, current (amps) kWh, Ah etc etc) will have your science teachers feeling like they got something right!!
You are the luckiest man in the world , live on a sailboat with a Supermodel , traveling the world, Living the dream
Amazing the knowledge you achieved to have. 👏👏👏
Well done you 2 , she's a game changer now. Looking forward to seeing how this all works for you. As usual, keep up the good work. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿
Heya guys, I zoomed in on the battery pack on your wiring diagram, it looks like you have the positive cable (going to the battery isolator switch) and the negative cable (going to victron smartshunt) coming off the SAME battery. If this is the case, you’re going to cause lots of problems in the long term with those expensive BattleBorn batteries. At an absolute minimum, you want to have the positive and negative coming off opposite ends of the parallel chain, but still going to have issues with unbalanced charging and discharging. Best case is to have all positives and all negatives connecting to a positive and negative busbar, with equal length cables for each run. This will give equal resistance for each battery, allowing equal charge and discharge of all 8 batteries, and setting yourself your for getting the full lifecycle out of these batteries!
We changed this shortly after 😀 so it charges and uses evenly now. All the linking cables and exactly the same length now 😀
@@TeuluTribe beautiful, it sounds like you want to be on this boat for the next 10 years plus, I just want to see all this good quality equipment last as long x
Congrats on building the Teulu Power Company! Life will now be better as Ready Kilowatts is at your service! :¬) Webhead USA
Thanks for my T-Shirt!! I will wear it with pride on my boat in Malta
What a team. Well done you two. Ok
Hats off to you both for averting potential disaster, and figuring out some pretty complex wiring on your own! As a commercial and residential electrician, I'm getting more interested in the boating side of things and still have much to learn about the technology. Some suggestions on tools, as your budget allows in the future: a compact band-saw is ideal for cutting metal, including larger-gauge wire. They cut neatly and don't throw smoke/fumes/particles. Milwaukee makes a great one (2429-20). As for cutting wood; absolutely anything but the tool Zach is using!😀. But seriously, there are very good cordless compact circular saws out there, or even a cordless jigsaw! Keep up the good work!
Excellent video
Cheers Joseph
@@TeuluTribe 🍻
smoke detectors are worth their weight in gold one outside the battery storage area is a must
You're bloody doing it!
A good solution and some great DIY work again🎉 for a not so great problem suddenly ocurring..so lucky it started and stayed with only the smell😮..I guess all your fire alarms and emergency exits and drills are checked and done too..😊 (PS try to create some extra non electric ventilation of the battery box too..you saw that when electricity fails the batteries can still heat up)
Good job you two, kept waiting for a dropped wrench and sparks. Seriously so happy for you.
Beautiful diagram Becka. You're a Rockstar.
Switch On..! Congrats.
I honestly do not know what you were worried about. You rocked that electrical job. Believe in yourself.
Nice work! Your diagrams are amazing.
Ieuw that sucks.
Glad your alright....physically.
Victron is my choise also. You need to be able to trust the electricity.
I built a lifepo4 with breaker for voltage and amp next to its BMS(JK). It gives me all the protection to feel safe.
I saw grounding issues with on acorn to Arabella and on Flying Coney with Victron. Not sure what s going on there. Something with shore power and or dynamo stray current
Electricity is a mystery by chance.
Cheers. I love all the blue.
you two are absolutely adorable and I do enjoy watching y’all doing your journey! Wishing you continued great health and much love!
Victron over heat. Put a bloody fan on the mppt charge controller. They can get bloody hot. Best of luck with all that gear. I know you young people like doing stuff by yourselves. But some times us old things know a thing or two. Believe it or not, we enjoy helping others make the right choices when going off grid.
Very fulfilling amount of genius endeavors you both completed!! Congratulations