As with everything in this brave new age, you can see capacity, discharge rates, and all the other parameters directly from your phone.

Nice, that mini battery size is great. Our new LiFePO4's case is huge, but it is lightweight. I just got in a couple 40A fuses yesterday to put between the batteries and the DC-DC converter/controller. I was going to mount everything but the batteries on a poly cutting board, but thinking of getting one of these junction boxes to screw all the connections down inside and then just mounting our new master switch panel directly to it's outside:TrailerTrash wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:55 pm The new LiFePO4 battery arrived today. A full 100aH and it is tiny compared to the lead acid monster I pulled out. A full 35lbs less than the lead acid monster and a massive improvement in capacity and cycle life.
As with everything in this brave new age, you can see capacity, discharge rates, and all the other parameters directly from your phone.
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I was going to move mine to behind the electrical panel but I'm rethinking access. I ordered replacement navigation lights on Amazon, and some 16AWG marine wire so I'll just replace all the stock MacGregor lamp cord. Hopefully, I can just tape it together and pull the new wire through the liner as I'm removing the old. I doubt it will be that easy but there is always hope, and now I'll have properly tinned marine wire.tuxonpup wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:55 pmNice, that mini battery size is great. Our new LiFePO4's case is huge, but it is lightweight. I just got in a couple 40A fuses yesterday to put between the batteries and the DC-DC converter/controller. I was going to mount everything but the batteries on a poly cutting board, but thinking of getting one of these junction boxes to screw all the connections down inside and then just mounting our new master switch panel directly to it's outside:TrailerTrash wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:55 pm The new LiFePO4 battery arrived today. A full 100aH and it is tiny compared to the lead acid monster I pulled out. A full 35lbs less than the lead acid monster and a massive improvement in capacity and cycle life.
As with everything in this brave new age, you can see capacity, discharge rates, and all the other parameters directly from your phone.
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But maybe I'm just overly adverse to cutting any holes in the stock 26X liner...
I'll have some pictures once the weather warms and work moves forward.Stickinthemud57 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 1:53 pm The Lewman clutches are super! They leave all the older designs in the dust.
Those deck organizers look nice and trim and the price is good.
I have no experience with the deck block, but the specs look like they are well-suited for the load.
It's been fun following your saga. Keep posting!
I enjoy working on the boat so it is a labor of love. I got to climb around on Todd & Cheryl's 26D, which is the same year as mine to check out how they had it set up. He rescued that one from sitting in the water for a decade and has it looking tip-top. I don't have indoor storage for mine but I think I can get mine looking as good.