We Need More Power: Installing a 250 amp Alternator
We Need More Power💥 Installing a 250 Amp Balmar Alternator Cruisers know the importance of reliable power systems, especially when going long distances or living aboard. Among the critical components of our sailboat’s power setup is the alternator. It’s one of the ways we charge batteries and power our watermaker. In this blog post, we’ll […]
Installing a Balmar External Voltage Regulator
While I don’t recommend intentionally frying your alternator, frying ours last summer pushed this project to the top of our to-do list and I’m glad it did. We spent a lot of money on our Battle Born LiFePO4 batteries and with a new alternator and external voltage regulator I feel more at ease that the […]
New Balmar Alternator
Our boat came with an internally regulated, Leece-Neville 105 amp alternator.  It couldn’t keep up with the high charge acceptance rate of our new 500 Ah LiFePo battery bank; it worked too hard and got too hot and finally quit on us. Plus, it looked like it had been sprayed with salt water at one time. […]