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Originally Posted by Searles
Do not put lithium batteries or any other battery any where that at any time they might meet salt water ,lithium hate salt water ,no battery likes salt water ,avoid at all costs ⛵️⚓️
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LFP cells/batteries don’t care if they’re underwater, but your terminals, bus bars,
fuses etc certainly will care. A wet
bilge is not the place for exposed
electronics, but at least LFP chemistry won’t gas off or do anything else underwater.
Lithium Ion batteries, yes, they don’t like water at all. But that’s a different chemistry from the LFP cells/batteries that are commonly installed on
boats.
There will also be more violent movement up front, which may cause physical damage inside the cells (especially if larger than 200Ah in size). To the OP, your loads and chargers are all much further aft and shorter cable runs for the big carriers is better. On our
boat we removed a centrally located water tank to fit our LFP battery and
electrical distribution.