How to Choose a Marine Electrician for Lithium Batteries

How to Choose a Marine Electrician for Lithium Batteries: steps

Ask what they have fitted recently
Two recent lithium installs on comparable boats, with contactable owners. Lithium is not lead-acid with different cases, and a competent lead-acid installer is not automatically a competent lithium one.
Listen for what they raise unprompted
A DC-DC charger, Class-T fusing, a shunt, and a question about your existing mains charger's lithium profile. If you have to introduce these, keep looking.
Ask how they will charge from the engine
The answer should involve limiting alternator current, not simply connecting the bank. This one question separates the installers who understand the failure mode from those who have not met it yet.
Check the quote includes commissioning
Charge voltages set to the pack's specification, the monitor calibrated, and a documented wiring diagram handed over. A quote that ends when the cable is landed leaves the hardest part undone.
Confirm licensing and insurance
Ask what licence covers the work in your state and whether their insurance covers a lithium install. Your own insurer may require both.