Lithium Batteries for my sailboat! A game changer for off grid living & vlogging - UNTIE THE LINES
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This episode was filmed in 02 / 2021.
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Hey, my name is Nike and I bought an aluminum 37 foot sailboat in Panama in 2013 that I named KARL. I spent a good year refitting it, mostly by myself and with the help of awesome friends, and then (mostly) solo sailed my sailboat around the western Caribbean.
In 2016, I crossed the Panama Canal, had a major engine break down, a near sinking experience and a serious foot injury which got me stuck along the Pacific coast of Central and South America.
In this Episode, I change my house batteries from 2x 200amp/h AGM to 3x 100amp/h Dakota Lithium Batteries. In the Video, I explain how I calculated my daily energy consumption and how I set up my whole electrical system on my 37 foot sailboat.
I split the installation of my new power system on my sailboat Karl in three parts. This is the first part in which I install my new Lithium batteries. The second part will deal with the installation of my two new Xantrex inverters and battery monitor and part three will show the installation of my four new xantrex solar panels (each 100W)
So stay tuned for more electrical fun on Karl.
Thank you, Dakota Lithium and Xantrex, for providing this awesome empowerment pack for my sailboat Karl. It’s been a total game changer!
Enjoy and Ahoy,
Nike & Karl 
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8 years ??
There’s no way that much time has past, I can’t believe I have been watching your Channel for 8 years. 😁
But have you been sailing yet?
@@seriousviewer5528 hahahahaha! No .🤷♂️
Karl was really lucky. Really tough shape in that first season.
Advice, Add white electrical tape and write a label on all cables just in case of emergency or need to repair something under stress.
@@2000jago yeah my set up is not for OCD peeps. I was reusing a bunch of old wires so the color pattern for sure is NOT optimal 😂🙈😂.
So I have been following you for 8 yrs! Wow.
Yes we need to see more of you.
You impress me with your willingness to learn and tackle a project. Most ladies I know would never try!
My kind of lady! Didn't marry one like this, unfortunately.
hi I have seen your youtube a lot and, I am a craftsman job on pladfom offshore in Norway ... I am impressed with you and you can well each proud of yourself :))
when you had problems with alu and you just go ahead and solve problem :)
and now with EL have a safe trip and hello from Viking
So nice to see sailors helping other sailors.
Job well done Nike!! It's really cute how excited you get about tackling projects like this! It wasn't hard to tell that this upgrade is really important to you. The grin from ear to ear says it all! Cheers.
You're usually a pretty happy person but this power upgrade has you glowing.
Hi there. You might want to check with your battery supplier regarding the short circuit current available from 3 of their batteries in parallel. The ANL fuses that you appear to have used are only rated for 6000 amps of short circuit. Beyond that their behaviour is unknown and could result in damage. Upgrading to Class T fuses which are rated for 20000 amps may be the solution, but this should be based on information from your battery supplier.
You are such an amazing young lady it's always such a joy to see you and what you are up to. Great vid.
POWER finally......More videos.....Youpee, congrats.
Electrical installations can seem very daunting because it usually involves a few systems connected together but you did the right thing and dealt with them one at a time ! It was smart to isolate the solar panels by covering them to shade them from the sun and not install the fuses until you were ready to test.
Great job, music is awesome, being so hip and chill do you ever sit back and commend yourself for being so capable...
😂😂 I am nor hip nor chill and what I know is what pretty much everyone can sorta gather together from the net and books and with some kind help of people who really know their shit 😂. I do sometimes sit back and pat myself on the shoulder for breaking free from a lifestyle that did not suit me and did not make me happy in order to search for sth more fulfilling. That was a good move and I wish more people would dare to go it (in whatever direction it may lead them...).
That's quite the score! More reliable power is a good thing! Excellent job on the installation too. You have lots of talents Nike!
... so over-explaining is good ?
Thank You so much !
The efforts of "tech support" mostly go unnoticed or unwanted ... just wasted.
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Smooth sailing 🖖🏼
I am super impressed with your skills and super duper envious!
Simply the best boat girl on the planet ;)
Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to see the new equipment getting installed.
Over years, very impressed the way you tackle obstacles. Fooling around with electricity? I'll do plumbing, minor carpentry but electricity. Never. Good for you. Keep up the great videos and thanks so much.
One thing I've been debating.... lithium batteries. Thx for the video!!
'Great seeing you a little extra happy and inspired...Highest Blessings
That’s terrific all the new gear,I can understand your excitement completely,a real game changer as you said,good for you.Best wishes always 🙂
great to see another boat project video take it easy
Always great...started watching because...not sailing I was looking for a show to watch.I heard my name being called...and found out you were talking about your boat.Found Out you’re a do it your selfer and that’s why I stayed!Still don’t sail...except through your show!Keep on keepin on!👍👍👍
Great job... The installation Music was perfect too!
... excellent .... as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans .....
Great upgrade Captain, Carl will be amazed 👍✊
Damn it Nike😂 I’ve given in to the latest blogs. Still working through the archives, currently Ser 2 ep 48 and I’ll keep at it but also want to stay up to date with you. Gosh, 8yrs on Karl, that’s crazy. Obviously working well and living the dream!!😍
Good job baby Nike. So happy w your upgrade. Cheers 🍻
You’re amazing , smart , very smart , enjoying life to the fullest , thanks for the videos , inspiring !
This was amazing. What a awesome sponsorship. You taught me something new. Calling Maria is smart. Pretty funny when hooking them all in but entertaining. Congratulations...
Oh wow, it's great to see you're still goin' strong, living the dream, as I had lost track of your site! I was grooming all my misc browser bookmarks and came across a link to your channel which I didn't recognize at first. After the first wave of lockdowns and travel restrictions I'd made a mental note to try and find your channel. Well, here it is, haha :D I've got some catching up to do, but I'm stoked to see your progress and joy at sea!
Nike, I would wrap red tape on your positive cables for proper identification. Yes adding labels to where the cables are going to is also a great suggestion. Proper labeling will help to troubleshoot in the future especially if you have additional people helping. Great job
See the current RAN sailing about labeling wires! Very good advice!
Even better would be labeling with colored heat shrink.
@@rickkwitkoski1976 oh yeah their stuff looks real neat!!
Awesome, thank you. That was good to watch. All the best with your new batteries.
SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand.
Next time you play around with batteries its good practice to remove any rings. If it shorts through the ring there is a good chance you'll loose that finger. Love your videos, you are such a tremendous person.
Those rings are all wood...so I doubt that would be such an issue 🤓🤔?
Awesome upgrade I’ve watched quite a few of your videos and I’ve never seen you so excited that’s great good work love to see a woman working with her hands awesomeness !! 👍🙂
Congratulation on the successful repower of your boats electrical system.
How much I admire all you've done on and with Carl over the years, and your photography and editing skills, cannot be overstated. Hope all is well and sending best wishes.
Qué bueno qué todo haya salido bien!!! Me impresiona tu habilidad para hacer qué Karl sea cada día más completo!!! Felicitaciones!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina 👍💪🤗
Love you girl ! great video ! congrats
Ah girl more power! You really covered your bases and thought this through 👍 you are my hero.
Ah! Girl Power!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
nice install! and great video and music as usual. One day , I need to send my wife to crew for you (or maybe both of us) so she/we can get up to snuff on how to handle a sail boat in blue water. Just an Idea, but sounds wonderful to me....
great lithium batteries ooh power at your finger tips
Congratulations on your new setup! I just switched over to lithium from AGM and I forgot just how heavy those old batteries were. With six batteries, I basically cut the weight of the battery bank by 111.3 kilos (245lbs). Short of the new batteries, I think the biggest game changer is having the 12V>12V charger. No need for a separate generator, just run the engine for a bit to charge your batteries if the weather turns nasty.
Your amazing! Love following you. 💯
Great electrical power
Great human power as well :-)
Stop, I'm feeling a connection
Lol
Thanks for the video, I need to get working on my boat
Hi Nike. Very happy you've scored a lithium set-up. I think it would be very useful info to know the retail cost of the complete, installed system. Thanks!
I have to say, you, my dear are a very smart woman. I will follow you for ever, be safe and remember safety first and foremost, ily. Dave
Do we have a blender for the margaritas yet? Gotta love battery power.
Not yet, but should think about it!!
Congrats Nike.
Good locking
I also keep a bolt cutter near the battery in case you have an un fused short!!!
Congratulations on your new battery system. How much weight did you save by switching to the LiFePo4 batteries? Congratulations again!
👍👍👍 Another excellent vid...Love your work !
You're just such a super champ! ☺⛵ ❤
Well done 👍
Great video, time for anchor Beer!!!!!!!
🤙🙏 u are amazing... have fun in the sun 🙏🤙
Good work - I like your B-roll
When I added lithium and solar to my 40' Class A RV it completely changed the way I could dry camp!
Very well done! I have lived happily with Lithium for year & half 12 volt system 500 amps LPO4s My only concern with drop ins is if nearby or direct lightening hit I would imagine the internal BMS in each drop in may or most likely fail possibly leaving you without any power. My BMSs are external and I could bypass them easily and with close eye on the batteries I could live without them in a pinch. The other concern is how survivable is Lithium with direct lightening hit from what I have read lead acid batteries seem to fair pretty well but have not come across any real world info regarding survive ability my guess is they survive pretty well given the number off grid installations it would have been mentioned otherwise. I love your channel and your concern for nature. Keep up what you are doing you are a pleasure to watch.
@@charonstyxferryman I agree 100% with everything you said and I use AGM as house buffer for simple reason if while engine is running and BMS fails or goes open to protect LPO4s for some reason such over charging do to failed charge controller many people do not consider that diodes will blow in Bridge rectifier in alternator of course there are other ways to deal with this problem. As for me I have three battery banks of LPO4s and three external BMSs all with blue tooth so I can monitor health and balance of each cell. BTW I think some drop-ins have Bluetooth BMS so at least you can if you wish to see the health of all sells. Most drop ins are not made to come apart so getting at BMS can mean ripping them open and external BMS is good idea but many people do want to complicate their life. When I built my system not much information around compared to today. BTW again whether internal or external BMSs my guess is lightening strike will cause global damage to all BMSs in system so person should understand how to survive without BMS if LPO4s survive and that is the question as I said I suspect they will but from old electrical engineer I am thinking BMSs will be toast. Lots of things happening with battery technology my guess LPOs will be replaced with something much better in five years. check prof John Goodenough Nobel prize winner for Lithium batteries and now his work on solid state batteries.
Excellent
Awesome video. Can you post your schematic after it was vetted? Id love to see it:)
every time you say " karl" I smile
Hooray!!! Well done on your install. I'm quite impressed with your tools & hardware inventory. I question my need for an electric mitre saw onboard! Lol ;-). Just kidding.
😂 I think that’s an awesome one to have for sure!!! But it does take up some room. But one has to chose the right priorities...😜
@13:52 Hi Nike I will color the positive wires Red though everything els looks well done !
Wear eye protection then installing the cables, in case it sparks ⚡️
... a Girl who gets excited about Power Tools, Lithium Batteries & Inverters is my type of Girl ... Bart
it's more about the freedom this setup brings, rather than the power tools
@@ianb4801 she had it already but old an agm system. this was a upgrade is all. And she excited to get her hands dirty. My kind of girl.
@@c.a.mcneil7599 Originally Karl had lead-acid and that wasn’t enough. Then he had second hand AGM that turned out to be bad. This new system is a game changer indeed
Very impressed how you do your own work love the videos. Stay safe Mike from Australia 🇦🇺
Hoping we can get Linda to be "that girl" too on our channel. lol
Wow, $3000.00 USD battery upgrade, nice. When I finally get my new to me aluminum ketch before I get to the other side of South America I will have to do some bartering with you, I will keep an eye on the horizon and AIS for Karl. So if you happen to see a bare metal ketch headed your direction it’s not real pirates 🏴☠️ it’s just old number VII.
Great work
Thanks 🙏🏼
I could tell you were super excited
😂 I guess it was quite obvious 😂
In trying to understand why some of these brands are significantly less or more than the others the differentiator seems to be the BMS. Correct?
I did not consider day night on my calculations for energy consumption. I did divide consumption by “at anchor” vs “Underway”. Underway utilizes more power as your navigation system in consuming power as well as you are on the boat 24hrs vs while at anchor you should be out playing.
Not sure your doing any higher current work over longer periods. Two things I would recommend. 1, a "clamp" meter, capable of reading high DC currents without any connections. A "clamp" wraps around the possibly large wire, and you can read the current thanks to an effect called the "hall effect". I would get the 45 dollar version. Then, the only other thing I would get, which is a way to check to see if you have any bad connections which are heating up, or batteries which are overheating, or check motor temps, is a thermal temp meter , you point it at the item , pull the trigger, and read the temp. Bad connections get hot. Its a great way to check your system, and check other mechanical things .
The DC ClampMeter's based on the "hall effect" are too easy to destroy by too high amps or to high magnetic fields. Do not invest in that! A thermal imaging tool are a better joice to invest. Smething like "Seek Thermal RevealPRO Fast Frame". ClampMeter's are for AC a good joice. The DC function will be irretrievable discalibrated very soon.
@@hyperchannel4048 Perhaps your buying the wrong brands, I have not had any problems. Both of the above items have worked fine for years. My first clamp meter, from about 10 years ago, was AC. Technology is advancing and I'd find a good adviser. DC clamp meters work fine except when your inside a nuclear power system. lol
Has nothing to do with the brand. There is no stable hall sensor on the market. Always check the readings.
@@hyperchannel4048 I have compared the readings to actual DC meters with a shunt. They are very close. You say many things against this technology, talking about instability, but providing nothing other than you statements. Electrical engineers want more information, rather than unsubstantiated statements. My calibration strategy has erased any suspicious feeling about its accuracy. My AC/DC meter is also a True RMS meter. I value measurements over feelings and suspicions, always have. I have used calibration standards all of my life. That said, if I find I am in an unstable environment for the hall sensor, such as perhaps an area with high level RF fields, it is easy to tell that. Use it, you will find it has advantages, especially on a sail boat with the typical lack of Grid Power lines around. A perfect spot. Also, one can set up a fairly accurate current in a circuit and check a DC clamp meter quickly. On a boat, one could have one always ready, and mounted somewhere, hooked up and using a simple switch. Your statements are extremely easy to prove or disprove. Why don't you do a video trying to illustrate what you are saying ? Major meter companies would disagree with your statements and some provide compelling arguments, like FLUKE and the safety argument. ruclips.net/video/n4uNjuCkJ24/видео.html You can apparently purchase a Fluke Clamp Meter capable of safely measuring high currents for around $60 dollars. With Panels, I've found that with a bunch of panels, 40v MPPT types very commonly used these days, wired in Parallel, one might want to verify an individual panel for current being provided. Simply clamp around the wire from that particular panel and WALA, you now know what that panel is providing. Each panel can be measured individually, and then all of them together. Without actually making physical contact which causes safety issues according to FLUKE. DC Clamp meters are huge game changers as you can now safely measure current !
For making life saving decisions in a rough enviroment and in emergency cases I would never trust a DC Clampmeter. Every electrical engineer knows that it is more complicated to detect a static magnetic field than a induction from an alternating current. But every one can make his own experiences. I claim that for the average consumer a DC Clampmeter is money thrown out the window.
Have you ever tried to charge up the old batteries with a generator or shore power?
I was advised to do that with the 2nd hand 6 volt gels I got because apparently the solar can't top them up....
Many of us are going through the same thing....
Yes, I had tried that a couple of times with white power but it did not make any difference, they just did not hold the charge anymore.
What can one say -- Beautiful, smart. a great sailor -- easy to fall in love here !
peace & aloha
wil compton
Your so amazing !!!!
I’m not an electrician so tell me what was in the cap that you poured on the batteries?
you should keep your agm bank and tie it to your start bank.
Nice job, but no label on câbles ?
Dear Ms. Nike, Always a delight to see you, even if the video is from Feb., while August is now. the viewing time. Dakota Lithium has only recently begun advertising in the Miami market, so I am newly acqainted w/ their properties.Will accept you as an endorsement. Your installation looked 1st class. You should be a contributor to both "Practical Sailor" and "Professional Boatbuilder" magazines. Otherwise, am cheered to see your lovely sun-kissed hair reahing shoulder length, (hopefully continuing) again. Is Hawaii still on your horizen?
Will you be switching to induction cooktop as well?
Hi
What did you poor over the battery straps?
Parabéns 🙌🙌🙌
Nice job, hope there’s no electricity escaping through the alu hull.
There is a lot of gratification in putitng a system together. Then at least knowing somethings are stable, and stablility for other more domestic living. Then it is true often the instalation and work of repairs is more fun than luxery while charging phones and computers is navigation systems and axilary systems it is indespensable to modern memory. Remember a time without electrical circits, ya,,no. Its evening LED atmosphere lights and anker beers. Dont for get pandora, great app.
No idea what laptop you are using, but Lenovo has a decent 12V charger for it's current models that have the usb-c charging plug, takes the need for an inverter out of the game (and also gets rid of a bunch of power loss that inverting to 220v and back does). The charger costs almost nothing compared to an inverter either. That's the setup that i opted in for on my tiny sailboat.
Yes that’s true for the laptop...but I have a bunch of tools that do need 110/220...... definitely could not live without inverters...
Well done champ. :)
Nike, do you actually have to ground wire your solar panels?
Now.....a small ice maker. Cheers
You're "Scotty" from Star Trek😀
Watch your movies. Many nice movies you make. I have lived in Germany for 5 years. Speaks German. :)
3x100ah is ok, but I would still go for more, to cover cloudy days. Plus remember, especially at sea, your solar panels will rarely be at an ideal position relative to the sun. Personally my goal is 600+w of solar, with 500ah battery capacity - although I have half that now, I'll need that if I want to install a fridge, which I do. Although to be fair, with lithium batteries 300ah is probably about right.
Oh gees, for me that’s way over the top
With 500 amp/h Lithium. Even on extremely cloudy days (2-3 in a row), I never once went below 40% battery capacity. Not sure what you do on your boat 😂. I have 400w solar plus 240w on deck that I will mount on the railing plus 100w flex panel. Even on cloudy days I have been making around 10amp/h which is enough to run the fridge and some phone and computer. To me personally, 300 amp/ h is pure LUXURY, I even can run my water maker on solar at says with full batteries and sun. Could not ask for more. But everybody has their own ideas and systems...
I enjoyed the video but I have a question. What was the cap full of liquid for that you poured on the batteries?
😂 important question for sure. That was whiskey 👍
I love you more every day. I can't wait until tomorrow
Keep an eye on the idle consumption of these 2k inverters. Add a smart batterycharger for the starter battery. Now you have enough power to write a book but you can no longer leave Karl unattended. Maybe you should write a book.
I always switch the inverters off when not in use. I don’t use them much except for computer and power tools ☺️
OK, now check the VHF for interference with the new components.
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The prices are starting to come down but not enough for me, yet.
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