NOCO Lithium Battery to replace AGM?

[JetPowered]

I'm curious if anyone has tried out the NOCO brand Lithium (LiFePO4) battery in place of a usually AGM. Five year warranty looks pretty good to me.

At best I have only ever made two years on an AGM battery I have installed, even with consistent charging in the off season. If the battery make it five years, I might just break even. I don't see any exclusion in the warranty if used in a PWC. It even lists IP66 rating.

NOCO - 600A Lithium Powersport Battery - NLP20

The NLP20 is a lithium powersport battery that delivers 600-amps of starting power for motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, PWCs, and more.

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What's In The Box

• NLP20 Lithium Powersport Battery
• (2) 3-Way Terminals
• (1) 0.5 Inch (12 mm) Spacer
• (3) 0.6 Inch (15 mm) Spacers
• (4) 0.3 Inch (7.5 mm) Spacers
• Hex Key
• User Guide

Battery Chemistry
Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4)
Battery Capacity
7 Amp-Hours / 89.6 Watt-Hours
Lead-Acid Equivalent
19 Amp-Hours
Starting Current
600 Amps (Peak)

 

[MrBubbaGump]

Just a note those amp hours are very low... Now sure how many you need for your PWC however a quick google search told me they generally need more. Even if it says the equivalent is 19 AMP Hours that's on the low end of what a newer PWC needs. "Generally, watercraft batteries have 12–30-amp hours of capacity. Newer PWC models are more likely to have batteries with an 18-30-amp hour capacity. Applications with 4-stroke engines need more battery capacity than those with smaller, 2-stroke engines. "

 

[JetPowered]

Thanks, I did see that too. Not sure how the math works to get to "equivalent" capacity on a lead acid.

I'm running a 2003 Honda Aquatrax F12X, but I haven't yet found anything that shows me what it wants, other that what was spec'd. Current battery is BCI compatible TX20L. I've definitely noticed that the ski throws all kinds of false faults when the battery is end of life, so it will be voltage sensitive, but I would think that as long as the ski is running, that might not be a problem.

 

[Maccam26]

I'm looking at these and probably will try the NLP30 which is 8ah or lead acid equivalent of 31.6ah