New NOCO Lithium Batteries

Jcary85

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The 14 is plenty. I have 3 skis all with the 14. Two have been running all season total loss. One is charging zeel. All going great and don’t require any additional sealing like an AG
 
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According to the FDNY, in 2023, lithium-ion batteries caused 267 fires, 150 injuries and 18 deaths in the city. They say as of Monday, there have been 24 lithium-ion battery fire investigations and eight injuries across the five boroughs so far this year.
 
I am very happy with the set up. Only garage start ups so far so no real water experience but the doubled CCA is noticeable in the garage. I went from an odyssey Extreme PC 625 to a NOCO NLP14. I dropped a little over 10lbs as well.
 

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Jr.

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I have an all new found respect for the NOCO 14. It all started out over a year ago as a test for the Zeel Y62t cdi and see how it worked with Lithium. As there were reported issues I needed to debunk. (No issues ever arose in my testing) two weeks ago while surf riding, had a flip go bad, hood dislodged and down to visit Davey Jones I went. Up on the Beach, the dewatering began.( TPE 1021) thru out the entire process, the 14 never gave up. Had to do a full fuel system dewater & clean, yada yada yada. Longer than a typical cleanup. The 14 stayed strong!
even after a Full Saltwater Submersion and 10-15 minutes Under. Never shorted or quit. I was honestly very surprised.
say what you will, it earned my respect.

P
 

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I have an all new found respect for the NOCO 14. It all started out over a year ago as a test for the Zeel Y62t cdi and see how it worked with Lithium. As there were reported issues I needed to debunk. (No issues ever arose in my testing) two weeks ago while surf riding, had a flip go bad, hood dislodged and down to visit Davey Jones I went. Up on the Beach, the dewatering began.( TPE 1021) thru out the entire process, the 14 never gave up. Had to do a full fuel system dewater & clean, yada yada yada. Longer than a typical cleanup. The 14 stayed strong!
even after a Full Saltwater Submersion and 10-15 minutes Under. Never shorted or quit. I was honestly very surprised.
say what you will, it earned my respect.

P
Impressive! Did you do any further sealing on the battery seamss/terminals?
 

Jcary85

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My Update on these batteries: I’ve never had a failure. Definitely high quality batteries but I discovered (maybe they just started publishing?) the 14 is only 7ah vs a AG1601 that’s 11ah. Quite a bit more capacity in an antigravity (though AG is a much lower quality battery). I’ve decided to switch back to AG for my “comp” ski and NOCO in every other ski. I ran one all last season with no problem but did run it down a time or two.
 
I have an all new found respect for the NOCO 14. It all started out over a year ago as a test for the Zeel Y62t cdi and see how it worked with Lithium. As there were reported issues I needed to debunk. (No issues ever arose in my testing) two weeks ago while surf riding, had a flip go bad, hood dislodged and down to visit Davey Jones I went. Up on the Beach, the dewatering began.( TPE 1021) thru out the entire process, the 14 never gave up. Had to do a full fuel system dewater & clean, yada yada yada. Longer than a typical cleanup. The 14 stayed strong!
even after a Full Saltwater Submersion and 10-15 minutes Under. Never shorted or quit. I was honestly very surprised.
say what you will, it earned my respect.

P
Impressive Paul! I have one in my Blaster I have been running for a year with the zeel and its been great. I wrapped some tape around the bond line and some silicone grease under the terminals on mine where they go into the case. I was worried about putting one in a fresh water stand up needing a battery this year, I'm second guessing that now. :D

I hope everything on your ski was ok.
 
What battery comes in the 4 stoke superjet?
I'm currently not near one but according to Riva it's "YB16CL-B, 6-7/8 x 4 x 6-7/8, Capacity 10hr:19, cold cranking amps:240"

Edit - I just looked up the Yamaha factory battery number, YB16CLB and according to the Noco website the NLP20 is a replacement.
 
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The NOCOs also have a 5 year warranty. Had a NLP 20 that worked good for over a year, stopped working while just sitting in the ski. Got a brand new one in the mail after sending a pic of the scratched out serial number.
 
I'm currently not near one but according to Riva it's "YB16CL-B, 6-7/8 x 4 x 6-7/8, Capacity 10hr:19, cold cranking amps:240"

Edit - I just looked up the Yamaha factory battery number, YB16CLB and according to the Noco website the NLP20 is a replacement.
So it looks like your factory battery has about 325CCA and a specified 19AH but its really about half that if doing a recommended 50% Depth of discharge.

I run the NLP14 that has 500 amps of starting power but only 4AH. The capacity of the battery has never been a problem after a day of starting and stopping out on the river for me on a 701. I dont really even need to charge it once I get home.. but I generally throw it on the charger before I head back out.

I would say give the 14 a try over the 20 as its cheaper and has over the starting amps of your original. The 14 comes with a bunch of plastic spacers so you should still be able to get a good fit. I think the larger capacity battery was required to get the cranking amps up to an appropriate level. With lithium you can get crazy high cranking amps in a small package at the cost of some capacity that may not actually be required.


The NOCOs also have a 5 year warranty. Had a NLP 20 that worked good for over a year, stopped working while just sitting in the ski. Got a brand new one in the mail after sending a pic of the scratched out serial number.

The 5 year warranty is really one thing that drew me in. That is pretty cool that they sent you a new one and did not require you to ship the old back.

I do wonder if auto parts stores will recycle these though? Might have to take them to one of the free local community hazardous waste days.
 
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