I have what is probably common - a two battery bank boat. House and starting. The starting battery is flooded chemistry and the House is two battle borns replacing flooded. I have a balmar alternator (70a) and a palmar 618 regulator which is set up for lithium charging. It is a bit wonky and cuts in and out and I'd like to replace it. Suggestions as to set up with your unit which interests me. Thanks
Two Battery Banks
Hi Robert, the XREG-010 would be a direct upgrade for the balmar 618, providing better transparency and control, along with the other advantages shown here: https://xengineering.net/#compare
A couple questions: 1) Do you have a battery shunt on your house bank already? If not, I'd recommend installing that at the same time as XREG. 2) Do you have a DC/DC charger between your lithium bank (charged directly by the alternator) and starting battery? If so, that's the same setup I have on my boat, and it works well. The DC/DC charger does not need to be large, pretty much any on the market will keep the starter battery topped up.