Liv Sailing

The adventures of S/Y Liv and her crew

Protecting your alternator when switching to lithium

4 November, 2019

In this post, I will try to explain how to protect your alternator and what we decided to do regarding our alternator. Especially regarding the following
– Protecting the alternator from overheating
– Protecting the alternator from a load dump
– Increase charging from the alternator … More Protecting your alternator when switching to lithium

Finally Lithium on Liv!

18 March, 2019

After so much work and preparation I could finally install my LiFeYPO4 battery! Delivery and initial voltage check I ordered my cells from a large reseller here in Europe. They have relatively large volumes, and I would not need to pay too high shipping cost or a customs/tax/handling cost. To reduce the shipping cost, I … More Finally Lithium on Liv!