Simi 60
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- Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
The real question, one that I believe is unanswered, is how long will they, in fact, last. We won't know that until a bunch of first users have had them for more than 10 years.
Plenty of users have passed 10 years now
I personally know a few that have had them on boats longer than that
Threads on cruisers forum asking this question go back to 2010
One last thought - what about fire danger? If a lithium battery causes a fire on a boat, the boat is doomed. No fire suppresion system is able to squelch a lithium battery failure. There are more than a few examples of Teslas catching fire. They burn, very hot, until the batteries' energy has all been used. There are examples of Teslas burning for as long as 20 hours. I read of one case where a fire department used 65,000 gallons of water just keeping the wreck contained..
Different battery chemistry entirely
Lifepo4 is damn near impossible to kill as demonstrated in these videos
The only batteries that catch on fire are the ones they actually set on fire themselves
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