There is a general level of excitement around here now that we will again have electricity.

For the boat, we had long ago decided on LiFePO4 Lithium Ion technology cells to store our power. Our house is also “off-grid” and utilises batteries for overnight electricity. But we have been struggling with old lead-acid batteries in the house, and so decided to buy two sets of identical cells; one for the boat and one for the house.

I bought the cells from a WA electric vehicle specialist. They balanced charged each of the cells and freighted them across the country.

Photos below are of the crates arriving, and cracking open the first sight of these Winston 400Ahr cells.

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