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Insurance concerns over lithium-ion batteries

Boat owners are being urged to contact their insurers before switching to lithium-ion batteries to check their insurance will still be valid.

contributor Will Renilson of Beccles, Suffolk, had been looking to change to lithium-ion batteries for his domestic battery bank after his 440Ah AGM (absorbed glass mat) domestic battery bank failed for a second time aboard his Jersey 36, .

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