Euphoria finally gets inverter, lithium batteries and solar

[Addie-Kat]

Well, after 3 years of planning and contemplating I finally did it. Scott Bickwid, Boatsb on the forum came up to New Bern, NC and spent 5 days installing my new system. Consists of 2 10kw victron inverters, 8 330 amp hour Victron lithium batteries, making a 660 amp hour bank at 48 volts. I installed (8) 370 watt solar panels on the fly bridge hardtop in custom hinged frames, built by a local in New Bern. For the short time I was on the boat before heading back to NY, the system was working great. I cant wait to see what it really can do in another month. Here are a few pics i took before leaving. The solar panels shown are only 1/2 of hard top, the other half is exactly the same.
4 more batteries are under the lower bunk. Had a great experience working with Scott B.

[SKYCHENEY]

Looks great. Now you can sell the generator

[Phasma2128]

I am curious what the over all costs were. This would be a great addition to Kemos

[Freestyle]

What loads and duration do you project?

Will that be sufficient to power an AC for a meaningful period of time?

Beautiful install.

Bruce

Freestyle
Tampa

[Dan Mapes]

What was chosen to perform the solar charging?

[BOATER BOB]

Whats the return on investment as far as running a generator how long in hours to repay?

[Addie-Kat]

I am curious what the over all costs were. This would be a great addition to Kemos

It was not cheap, Let’s say the cost was equivalent to a loaded brand new full size luxury pick up truck.

[Addie-Kat]

What loads and duration do you project?

Will that be sufficient to power an AC for a meaningful period of time?

Beautiful install.

Bruce

Freestyle
Tampa

Yes it will power multiple AC’s for many hours, I had just started figuring out wattage of the ac’s before i left the boat. I should be able to power ac’s in two cabins all night long without running the batteries past 80%. During a sunny day, solar should cover the salon ac and 1/2 of the minimum house load/refrigeration. The goal is to only have to run the generator for an hour or two each day.

[Addie-Kat]

Whats the return on investment as far as running a generator how long in hours to repay?

I was not installing this and looking at return on investment. This was done, solely so i did not have to run the generators every time i left the dock. Obviously there will be about a hundred dollar savings every day, assuming that i only run the generator 2 hours. That does not factor in wear and tear and maintenance. This system will also allow me to only need one shore power connection at transient docks, saving $$ as well. Again return on investment was not factored into this project.

[Addie-Kat]

What was chosen to perform the solar charging?

everything installed was victron.