Our Highfield Dinghy Goes Solar + Lithium | BougeRV 200W N-Type Solar Bimini Top | SSL783

Use Official site 15% OFF coupon code BOUGERV1166 on BougeRV 200W N-Type Solar Bimini Top for Boats: https://bit.ly/4d23MEh Amazon 15% OFF coupon code BOUGERV700: https://bit.ly/4hn0f6b We gave our Highfield dinghy a solar roof and a lithium battery. The BougeRV 200W N-Type Solar Bimini Top has its solar cells built right into the canvas, it went onto our Highfield RIB with the same fit as the old bimini and no modifications, and it folds down in front of the outboard like an accordion. Then the old lead-acid starting battery came out, a Redodo 12.8V 100Ah LiFePO4 went in, and we asked the big question: can a lithium battery really start a 60 HP outboard? WHAT WE FOUND • Fit: same fit as our old bimini, no modifications • Stowed: folds flat in front of the engine, clear of the dinghy davit • Setup: two straps, two clips, ready to go; down again just as fast • Crank test: the Redodo 100Ah Ultra-Mini started our Suzuki 60 HP three times, effortlessly (after filming we swapped in Redodo's 100Ah dual-purpose battery) • Next episode: the Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/20 goes in and we measure what the bimini really puts into the battery on a sunny day CHAPTERS 0:00 Can lithium start our 60 HP outboard? 0:31 Unboxing the BougeRV 200W N-Type Solar Bimini Top 2:57 200W of solar built into the fabric 3:44 How the solar bimini will charge the battery 4:01 Lithium vs lead-acid: why we switched the dinghy 4:58 Redodo 100Ah: one battery for starting and running gear 6:36 Fitting the solar bimini frame 8:42 On the dinghy: same fit, no modifications 9:48 Out with lead-acid, in with lithium 11:13 The crank test: lithium vs a 60 HP Suzuki 12:12 How it stows in front of the engine 12:30 Set up in seconds 13:11 Folding it down like an accordion 13:29 What's next: the solar output test 13:55 Swim break with Ricci GEAR IN THIS EPISODE BougeRV 200W N-Type Solar Bimini Top · Redodo 12.8V 100Ah Ultra-Mini LiFePO4 (Group 22NF, Bluetooth) · Redodo 12V 100Ah Dual Purpose LiFePO4 · Highfield Sport 390 · Suzuki DF60A · Next: Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/20 BougeRV and Redodo sent this gear for test and review; the tests and opinions are mine. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ GO DEEPER — TEAM SSL CREW ON PATREON The systems library. Build breakdowns and wiring diagrams. What everything actually cost. The mistakes I'd rather you didn't repeat — twenty-one years' worth. Plus the Come Aboard Draw. https://www.patreon.com/SailingSophisticatedLady ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingsophisticatedlady #BougeRV #SolarBimini #BoatSolar #LiFePO4 #Liveaboard Sailing Sophisticated Lady · Captain Rick Moore · 21 years / 120,000+ miles living aboard