Hello, Long time lurker here with a question. I bought my H450 4 years ago with a set of west marine dual purpose 4d batteries, and a xantrax heart inverter charger (12v). The inverter died last year and I replaced it with an Aims Green 2500w pure sine wave inverter/ smart charger. It's been working great so far. Any way, this past week my house batteries started getting really hot and wouldn't take a charge so I replaced them with a set of 12v 100ah lifepo4 batteries in parallel to the house battery 1 of 2 selector switch. Now this boat has a separate starting battery that I'm pretty sure is independent of my house batteries. Will I be ok with keeping my current flooded lead acid battery as a starter battery or should I look for a different chemistry to match my house bank voltages more closely? Perhaps SLA or GEL? The reason I ask is because my inverter is currently supplying voltages rated for lifepo4, which are different from the voltages and charge times for FLA. Or, is the starter battery only charged by my alternator thus making my concerns erroneous?
Thank you!
Thank you!