Topic

marine power

5 guides on this topic.

21 June 2026

How to Calculate Your Power Budget

A step-by-step method for turning daily loads into watt-hours, amp-hours, battery-bank size and a charging requirement, with a worked marine/overland example.

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16 June 2026

Lithium vs AGM for a Marine House Bank

A technical comparison of LiFePO4 versus AGM/gel for a marine house bank: usable capacity, cycle life, weight, charge acceptance, cost-over-life and the cold-charging caveat.

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5 June 2026

MPPT vs PWM Solar Charge Controllers

How MPPT and PWM solar charge controllers differ, why MPPT recovers more harvest in cool light and with higher-voltage arrays, and how to size one to your array and battery.

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30 May 2026

Choosing a 12V, 24V or 48V System

How to choose between a 12V, 24V or 48V architecture for a boat or overland build: current, cable size, inverter and device compatibility, losses, and when to step up.

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24 May 2026

Battery Monitoring and True State of Charge

Why battery voltage alone misleads you about charge level, how a shunt-based monitor counts coulombs to track true state of charge, and how it ties into NMEA 2000.

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