For someone that goes out of his way to help others, I’m happy to see karma smile on you !! Glad you got batteries and other electronics to help you get your boat back in great shape! Thanks to Rick for his help.looking forward to your upcoming adventures in the Pacific!!well done Thomas !! Fair winds ⛵️

I really like the graphic at the beginning. It helps give me a better understanding of the underlying system. Without this the verbal descriptions are difficult for me to understand. Thanks for the graphic.

I read a blog from Patrick on Brickhouse that if one grounds the mast to a major part of the hull that is underwater, such as the rudder or drive shaft support or sail drive, then lightning tends to find another place to strike. The ground wire would have to be at least #10 or #8 to keep the resistance down. For composite masts, the ground would have to go up to the top and then terminate on a lightning rod. The idea is that the ground will drain any charge on the yacht and that will lessen the attraction of the lightning bolt. It will, instead, seek other targets that can build up a charge. Just to be safe, in case of a strike, I would use #3 or #4 and hope the ground is enough so that the voltage spike will not fry the electronics.

Hello Thomas, there is a enginering principle named KISS (keep it simple, stupid), wait im not insulting you 😁, is like that. Im elecrical engineer and I see you complicate a little bit your installation, it is good but complicated. As I can see is better if you transform all the AC voltage in (AC in and 220v generator inverter) into 24 volts, and after batteries you can transform in the voltages you need for house, thrusters, etc. This will allow you to use it in different world countries with 220v or 110v. Another advice is to keep all the batteries close each other and close to the charging point. Sorry for my English, and sorry to criticized your hard work, my intention is to give you a second point of view.

@chhindz

Жыл бұрын

Many people have found it works better to have forward batteries for that high draw machinery

Thomas ignore the negative comments please,there will always be some that say hurtful things.You did a great job of your big project 😀

Amazing! For someone who says they donnot understand electricity, your plan and exicutuiion appears to be very high quality. Very nice to see Karma in action.

Wow. Thomas, you are a genius! Last month, I changed the battery in the smoke detector in the master bedroom of my house. …and yes, Karma is with you. Cheers! 🍻

I have a design for 4 alternators at 200 amps each which are installed on the top of the engine. They have a belt drive with a pulley system that turns the alternators at 10,000 rpm with the engine turning 1200 rpm. If the throttle is advanced beyond that, then the drive clutch disengages and only the engine alternator works. Total power output is about 11KW from the 4 alternators. With that much power, one would need to turn on the water-maker, hot water heater, electric kettle, and perhaps the washing machine, along with a lot of batteries charging very quickly. I have not built the system yet but it might work well at 700 engine rpm giving about 5800 rpm on the alternators so long as the engine has enough power to generate about 17 HP at 700 RPM. The other option is to use only 2 of the alternators when modest power is required which would require about 8.5 HP.

That’s a lot of storage. Great graphics on the setup in the video. Happy travels in 2023. Join The Crew

Thomas, with all this knowledge in your head, does your brain feel like it is going to explode???? 😁 Dude, you are amazing!! Thx for taking the time to do this video. Cheers Bro🍺🍺

Congrats on the battery bank. Having such ample capacity must be a comforting thought.

Looks like a great design Thomas, looking forward to another video on how it all works together.

Whoopee…Captain Thomas can do Electrical\Electronics Too👍 Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎

Good news Thomas. I love it when a plan comes together :)

Thumbs up Thomas, happy for you.

daunting projects start with an easy cleaning of something excellent presentation (though it took me few listens) delighted to see you so satisfied

dam, you have a power house. never thought you had that many batteries in the first place... your move to replace what was damage only was a SMART MOVE... Thank You for sharing

"Too many batteries" - Oofta! Isolate a couple for spares or for an emergency circuit - I'd like to see if and how you plan on how to disconnect various systems when traversing future electrical storms. Have a beer for me.

right now having those new lithium batteries in Daisy chain is okay. once you add another inverter to handle Stove oven and draw more amps you will need to change the daisy chain to each battery to a busbar to keep you C rating lower so you do not damage your batteries(lower their life in cycles). having .5C or less at max discharge/charge is where you want to be. Every amp goes through each battery in a daisy chain, not good. Right now you have 2500 watts per battery and 2000 watts can be used which is still .8C a bit high but doable. having each battery to a busbar would lower that to .12C. Talk to your friend about this and he will agree. Again plan to switch this or cut the life of those batteries in half and maybe even your BMS on each unit will not have enough output to deliver 4000 watts of power down the road. I spent a lot of time when I built my system and I use .18C at 10,000 watts of load. So I will still get my 6000 cycles of life maybe even a bit more since I only use 90% of my 60kw system.

Great to see its all come to gether - Good Kama all ways goes around .

Well earned beer!

@SailingwithThomas

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻

Could you do a video regarding costs of sailing, income sources and most importantly maintenance? I believe that would be really helpful. Thanks for sharing your journey. May fair winds always be in your sails!

Thanks for sharing. Happy 2023.

I did a check on the battery chemistry. You bought the best. Lithium iron phosphate is one of the safest. Some other lithium chemistries can burn a hole right through the hull if they internally short.

Great job as usual!!

Hey Thomas, many thanks for such a good prepared video and great job on your boat! Thanks and enjoy with full of energy :)

Tack Thomas, dina videor är alltid meningsfulla!

That system is amazing. Thanks for sharing and cheers!

Hello Thomas I'm glad you got it all straightened out I know it was expensive but when you want to do it then I guess you got to do it right. Been waiting to see the videos again keep us posted on how everything is working when you're on your passages hope your holidays was great God bless you stay safe my friend watching from Roseville California USA

You may want to look at installing transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS) on your positive bus bars or your outputs from the bus bar to the important bits. they're pricey (about 250 a piece) but it's still cheaper than losing an inverter or generator control board.

Excellent description of how complicated a modern boat can be and how it is up to the owner to either learn how it all works and how to maintain it, or to be prepared to pay a lot of money for someone else to repair it. Like everything modern, all the advances in electronics makes everything much more complicated and not everything is necessary. Just like a car, power windows, mirrors, and seats aren't necessary but they are nice to have but they are also adding complications and more things to fail some day. Just like life, eh? Great video as always!

Helle Thomas, and tanks for an eyeopening video. The concept of power station & power bank is very good, and then you adapt according to your needs down stream. Love it. I also see some good and constructive comments here that also is educational. I also like your humble approach vs world champion style 😊. All the best!

Wow! Thanks for your videos.

Bra å høre at det går rette veien👍😊 Cheers and Bee free🍻

Another great Videos Thomas. Happy New year

Hi, Thomas! I am going to watch this, again and again, as there is so much helpful information, here! Thank you for sharing this with us! My boat has a very basic electrical system, but even so, it has always been daunting to me as I know so little about the electrical side of things. You've given me courage to push myself, to break through the barrier I've created in my mind over fear of how complicated electrical systems are. You've also motivated me to get working on my own set of boat projects, which hopefully, I'll get to do soon when the weather improves where I live! Fair winds and thank you so much, again! ~ Chelle

This looks like a great solution fast efficient storage and simplified usage looks like it should work well. Look forward to following how you get on with it all. Fair winds.

A brilliant solution to keep costs down on your energy storage. I would have thought that a new "high output" alternator would be not be too expensive. The idea of having a 24 and 12 volt system as a solution is brilliant. Outstanding

Shocking News Professor ! So Happy both You and Be Free are Ship Shape. All the Videos and Animations Particularly Well Done and Informative. Fair Winds 😎

This is definitely good karma coming back to you ! You now have a much more seaworthy boat with redundancy that you desire .this is great news . Well done Thomas . Congratulations. Be free and cheers mate

Great video Thomas, glad to see your vessel is on the mend!!

Congratulations for the new power set up, also Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (A liitle bit late but is better late than never)

One heck of a system! Good things happen to good people 😊

Hi Thomas, another great video!!!🐠🥂🐠⛵🥂

Well done,it looks like a good outcome

Wow that was a lot lot work Thomas!!But you definitely have a much better electrical system now.I love all your new to you lithium batteries,and you did a great job putting all of it together too👍I love the way you explain and use diagrams to show what is going on in your big sailboat.Glad you finally found that annoying leak in the dingy garage too.Your channel is very unique a great mix of fixing things and great sailing,I always enjoy being with you while your on!!Thanks for all you do 🙏🙏🙏

BTW - your graphics, I still have a smile from ear to ear! 😊

Great episode Thomas, well done

Nice work! If there is a weakness in your design, it looks like it will be whether you have enough solar to prevent needing your generator. I have only seen one yacht with more battery power than you have. It was a big catamaran with a Tesla battery. Solar panels require a lot of area so you might want to think about making your dodger roof out of solar panels if you need more solar.

Cheers!! great video... very informative

I don't know your career background. I know you were a serious racer but am not sure what you did for a living in your previous life. But I must say you are a natural engineer. The power bank is beautiful. Stunning. Sublime. Your design work and trade studies are classic. This video has been shared out to my electrical engineer buddies. I can picture Be Free anchored in exotic South Pacific locations and you enjoying all the modern conveniences. All the storage locations you removed old batteries from could hold a lot of beer LOL.

Wow! Talk about good fortune! It seems paying it forward has come back around and rewarded you with a nice set up! :) What kind of challenges did you face when it came time to finding new space to house the new batteries? I'm sure sacrificing the cabinet was hard to do, but I suspect you gained some more storage where a lot of the old batteries used to be? Hopefully the ergonomics of your home don't suffer too much. :) Looking forward to the future updates on your system! Cheers!

@JasonHampel

Жыл бұрын

PS: If you are ever looking for more electrical system guidance, this channel has some interesting information to share: @PacificYachtSystems They seem to specialize in electrical solutions for yacht owners.

Thomas - I'm super impressed by your way of dealing with this! And how big where the chances of getting all this stuff in Shelter Bay? Like an extended karma helping you out I'd say!

New power storage looks great, Thomas! Maybe induction cooktop, electric convection microwave and getting rid of the propane will be soon.

Good one Thomas. I would be interested to learn if you are able to get your Victron Inverter Charger repaired. Thanks for showing us which bits got zapped. The only thing that I would add to your plan is to consider adding a removable link between the DC/DC converter and the house bank for isolation on those super storm days. This is really helpful. Thanks.

I do love that you finally went lithium and Victron components. Those busbars will cost a bit. Check around with metal shops down there and have some made. looks like 2 at 2.5 feet long for positive and negative sides. you will have to make new cables and positive ones need to be same length and Negative needs to be same length but Pos and neg do not need same length as each other. I hope this helps.

Cheers indeed.!!

Nice set up

wow, that is a ton of work you are doing. great to see that you have a solid plan that you are executing. Be Free will be better than ever. is there anyway of protecting our equipment from a future lightning strike?

Bravo!

you do a great job !

I've been binge-watching your channel for the past few weeks. You are an amazing human being, Thomas. I've done quite a bit of sailing, but as a passenger -and sometimes participant- to more wealthy boat owners/friends. I dream of your travels, they inspire me. I hope someday we will meet; for we do have a lot of things in common. That being said, I hope you reach your goal of sailing in the pacific, and looking forward to see your adventures on your channel.

Hi Thomas. Great video and clear explanation of what you are doing and why. Where did you find the tools to draw the graphics with the victron components? Did you have assistance in things like knowing which ones and where to use the victron components such as dc to dc and mppt boxes? I am trying to upgrade many of these pieces on my boat and finding it difficult to find out which components to use and what configuration will be best. Thanks

Great video..

Awesome! Maybe it is time to think about the next step - going elektric with your main engine which of course will be your main power producer when turned by sailpower ;-)

@mikemartin6790

Жыл бұрын

There are good reasons to have more than one form of thrust and power generation, particularly if you have to motor for a day to find or avoid weather the power capacity of batteries unfortunately not at that level as yet. Also sailing you are a giant lightning ⚡️ rod and reliance on purely electronic/electric motive power could be an issue

Tack för en bra video igen. Vilken tur du haft med alla batterier mm och hjälp av Rick. Håller själv på med elen på våran båt,jag tar ev lite tips från dig. Ha det nu så bra. Med vänlig hälsning, Tomas

Hi Thomas, great video about a topic I'm also currently working on. Very inspiring, thank you! Question: What kind of software do you use to create all the great graphics and animations?

Nice work you have done. Tar resten på morsmål: Ser du har "Daisy" koblet alle server batteriene. Om det blir varmt er årsaken mye strøm som skal vandre fra server til server. Jeg mener det har vært bedre å fjernet + og - kablene mellom serverne og heller brukt "bus bar" som felles kablings punkt. Ikke så kostbart heller.

To much complicated and weackness possible points, specialy for a boat that use to sail a lot, not always on anchor🤔 im a Totaly a Kiss sailor and its been working. Great vídeo as always👍

Definetly the right choice! Should have just gotten all the li-ion batteries and never have to think about power again. How much was it in total?

Wow, that is a nice setup. Congrats on scoring those batteries. Any ideas on how to prevent damage from another lightening strike?

Love you videos! Va är det för fabrikat av batterier?

I reckon it is all an elaborate hoax to cover the real story whilst Maddy is away ! Well i kept you and Rick busy for sure . I hope you are free of lightening strikes for 2023 ; We have missed you over the holiday weeks ! All the best . Dave

Wow, how much time do you have in this vid? Awesome job on the graphics!

Hi Thomas, Off subject, your dingy chaps for your HighField look great, Where did you get them?

Interessting video!! Are you happy with your Panda generator? Is it working like it should? Good service from the producer of the generator? Fair Winds, Rolf

@SailingwithThomas

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Rolf. The Fisher Panda is probably the most hated machine sold on this planet. It’s terrible. The marketing team must be the best in the world managing to keep a company alive that has been disappointing their clients for decades. If it runs more than 50 hours without serious problems it’s a miracle. It’s the thing onboard I have had the most problems with. Sad but true. So I’m unfortunately not happy with this. Thank you so much for watching and your question. Cheers

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Huh, that is a big amount of batteries.

Rick is the off grid sailing specialist.

Any nore energy and you be DC motoring

So how does it feel knowing kidworkers in Kongo died so you can have those batteries?

Hi Mate. It's very bad manners to talk with upur sunglasses on. I turn off any video with people who do this. You do a great job apart from that.

Turning a capable sailboat into a barge. Over complicated, expensive, dangerous, unreliable. If you need all the trappings of the modern world why go sailing?