Lithium-ion battery marketing claims a 3C (three times capacity) charge rate capability, but this is nonsense—most marine lithium batteries are limited to 0.3C charge rates, which is substantially less than AGM batteries, and virtually no boat can source the chargers needed to even approach 3C rates.

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Jeff Cote

Evidence Quote

people are advertising like oh you know lithium can charge at three times capacity it's nonsense...most of them don't want to be charging more than 0.3 c...substantially less than an agm battery

Source

Dock Talk with Jeff Cote and Nigel Calder - Part 1 of 2Pacific Yacht Systems
Created: 8/13/2026, 3:28:11 AM

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