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Marine Electric

Charging Rework

Lithium batteries, alternators, chargers, inverters, solar, or shore power.

What the job involves

The charging path includes batteries and lithium banks. It also includes alternators, chargers, inverters, solar, and shore power. The job is how the boat or rig makes and stores power. This path is not an unrelated single device.

How does a charging system fit together?

The alternator, the shore charger, and solar charge the battery bank.

The battery bank feeds DC distribution.

Sources

  • Alternator

  • Shore charger

  • Solar

Charges

Battery bank

Feeds

DC distribution

What to expect

Say which part is weak. Say whether the bank is lithium or lead, if you know. The team reviews the photos and the note. The team replies with next steps or a quote. No turnaround is promised.

Photos that help

Send photos of the battery bank and the charger or inverter label. Send a photo of the alternator. Send a photo of the shore-power inlet when that is part of the job.

Marine diesel with an upgraded high-output alternator and billet pulleys for charging a lithium house bank.
LiFePO4 lithium battery installed and strapped in a lazarette, with battery switch, fusing and a Victron inverter/charger mounted above.
Engine-room DC distribution panel with Victron Orion DC-DC chargers, fused busbars and neatly clamped red and yellow cable runs.

Step 2 of 5

Circuit 1 of 5 connected.

 

Which part of charging is the job?