Improve your power efficiency on board

Do you want to stop your generators from running  24/7? 

Are you looking to prolong the life of your battery bank on-board? 

Would you like to power or propel your yacht electrically? 

If any of the above apply to you then  

Phoenix One has the solution. 

Invite us on-board for your free survey.

What Phoenix One will do: 

First, we make an appointment to visit and talk with the captain, engineer, or ETO on-board to get an overall picture of how your yacht is currently using its available power.  

We establish what has been working for you, and what has not and look at areas where improvements are needed.  

Second, we then look at your yacht’s power distribution.  

What does your AC grid look like? What does your DC grid look like? How are they connected and how is the power being converted from one to the other? 

What is currently powering your yacht? Does the yacht operate a battery bank or are you constantly running your generators? 

It’s important to find out which areas on-board consume the most power?  i.e., galley equipment, water boilers, or big hydraulic pumps and how often are these used? 

How is your energy being monitored and managed? Is it integrated into the alarm system or another system? Are you happy with it or is it horribly outdated? 

Finally, based on our findings, we will come up with a proposal to retrofit new technology into what you currently have on board. Updating your systems to meet your requirements. 

For example, in the case of SY Acaia: 

On Acaia, we replaced their traditional lead acid battery bank with a much energy–denser bank consisting of 14x LiFePO4 (or LFP) batteries. This type of Lithium battery offers the best compromise between energy density and safety. 

Reducing the battery banks weight from 1500kg to 560kg, whilst at the same time increasing its storage from about 20 to 80 kWh, had a massive improvement on both weight and stored energy. 

Now everyone on Acaia can enjoy peace and quiet like never before. Dine, swim, and sleep soundly in cool air conditioning without generator noise or fumes. 

The monitoring and control system can also be set to top-up the battery bank during more suitable, less disturbing hours.   

In the case of SY Galaxie: 

This 23m aluminium Ketch from 1979 needed to be retrofitted in a way that produced ZERO emissions. Two battery banks of 16 batteries each, using the same safe LFP batteries, were fitted.  

The old 800kg Volvo Penta diesel was removed and replaced with a more powerful 50kg electric motor, reduction gear, and thrust bearing assembly. The yacht can now be propelled for hours in a row at a cruising speed of 10 knots. The free-spinning propeller will keep the batteries topped up under sail.