A Second Look at Lithium Marine Batteries

Advances in LiFePO4 technology have brought safety and practicality to the lithium battery sector for marine applications

Until recently, my most memorable experience with lithium batteries was when the battery in my MS Surface laptop computer decided to head into a runaway charging loop, become super-heated, and begin steadily and rapidly increasing its physical volume so much that it was bursting free of the computer’s case. In the instant, as fast as I could, I disconne…