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Safiery Support Team Grows to Six

Safiery Support team 2025 Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Support

Growing With You: A Look Inside Our New & Improved Customer Support

Here at Safiery, our journey in the advanced power systems and lithium battery field has been incredible, and it’s all thanks to you, our customers. Your feedback, your projects, and your trust have been the bedrock of our growth. Today, we want to share some exciting news about how we’ve evolved to serve you even better.

We’ve now completed over 850 custom jobs, not including our online sales, and we’re incredibly grateful for the feedback you’ve provided along the way. We’ve listened carefully, and in response, we have fundamentally upgraded our customer support structure.

We have come a long way from the early days when, we admit, our support was thin. We’re thrilled to announce that our support team has grown from a single person to a dedicated, structured team of six specialists.

Global Exports now exceed 25% of Shipments

Global customers in different time bases and cultures require local support from a distributor. Backing up the distributor, Safiery has level 2 and level 3 expertise. For shipments direct to end users, Vince leads the global support contact process with fast response in 24 hours.

From One to Six: Introducing the Safiery Support Team

Safiery Support Team June 2025 Level1, Level 2 and Level3 support

From Left to right: Vince Level 1 and Gold Support dedicated contact; John Level 1 repairs and Level 2 Victron Support; David Level 2 Scotty, Lithium BMS and STAR range support; Lachlan Level 2 BMG Specialist and hardware support; Peter Level 3 STAR Range and NMEA Specialist; and Gan, Level 3 Scotty, STAR Range, CAN and NMEA Specialist.

This isn’t just about adding more people; it’s about creating a more intelligent, efficient, and responsive system designed to get you the right answer, faster. Our support is now organized into three distinct levels.

Level 1: Your First Point of Contact

When you reach out, your first point of contact will be our Level 1 support team. Their role is to:

  • Take and log all your queries into our comprehensive customer database.
  • Instantly link your query to the original job build, giving them immediate access to images, test sheets, and the specific details of your system.
  • Utilize a powerful AI-driven knowledge base to resolve issues quickly. In fact, our AI chatbot already successfully handles 60% of all online queries!

This AI repository is a powerful tool, containing every Safiery and Victron product manual, access to the professional community knowledge base, and a growing database of every previously resolved issue.

 

Safiery STAR Range Repository of AI documentation for Support
Support Database behind Processes at Safiery

Level 2: Deep Technical Expertise

If a query requires deeper technical investigation, our Level 1 support will bring in a Level 2 specialist. This team has the in-depth product knowledge and diagnostic skills to troubleshoot more complex system behaviors and interactions.

Level 3: Expert System Consultation

Occasionally, we find a customer’s needs have evolved. You might want to repurpose your system, add new capabilities, or change how it operates. This is where our Level 3 support comes in. They are our system architects who can provide expert-level consultation to help you safely and effectively adapt your power system to your new requirements.

 

Sales Team are hand picked  Specialist that often take initiative and Assist

 Our sales team are selected first and foremost for their technical expertise. As a first point of contact for many customers they guide the easy resolution of typical operational issues. They are there to also escalate issues need urgent deep attention.

A Renewed Commitment to You

This new structure is our commitment to you. It’s a system built on the lessons we’ve learned and designed to be a reliable resource you can count on. With around 20 online queries and 3-4 phone calls a day, we are now better equipped than ever to provide timely and accurate support.

We know that some of you may have experienced our “thin” support in the early days. All we ask is that if you have been dissatisfied with our support in the past, please try us again.

We are confident that our new team and our powerful support systems will not just meet, but delight you.

Thank you again for being on this journey with us.

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Solving the Power Problem with Catamarans – No Genset

Catamaran at night no genset
Catamaran with 3kW solar replenishing lithium batteries

Frugal, Moderate or Bold Energy User?

A 50-55ft Catamaran with 2 people will use 10-20kWh of energy per day. This may be a combination of gas and electric. If it’s all electric as the trend is with induction cooktops and combination air fryer/ oven, then it may be closer to 20kWh of electrical energy per day.

3kW of solar in the aft region of the boat free from general sailing shadows will yield 15 -18kWh in good weather in summer.

The challenge is the 20% of the time when solar yield is poor. Fortunately when the yield is poor, the skipper may be relocating with the engines running. It’s during this time, there is opportunity to capture a ton of replenishment power. 

The Secret is Rate of Replenishment Power

Charging at 10kW from the engine gives 5kWh every half hour. Running from two engines gives double that. That means in one hour engine time, on both engines you have recovered 18-20kWh. Thats the same as you would get from solar in perfect weather all day! So run the water maker, spa heater, all electric cooking and electric pizza oven. We have you covered.
Hybrid Alternator and catamaran no genset

Maximum Power is 23kW from Two Units

Charging at 10kW from the engine gives 5kWh every half hour. Running from two engines gives double that. That means in one hour engine time, on both engines you have recovered 18-20kWh. Thats the same as you would get from solar in perfect weather all day! So run the water maker, spa heater, all electric cooking and electric pizza oven. We have you covered.

Bidirectional Motor Generator

This is no ordinary alternator. If you are familiar with EV’s, their motors are synchronous with AC to DC inverter drives and run in regen mode.

This hybrid unit is based on a permanent magnet generator. However for precise control over a wide range of speeds, some field excitation is introduced.

In a brushed 48V alternator,  a direct current (DC) flows through field windings on the rotor, creating the necessary magnetic field.

In this unit, permanent magnets and electromagnetic field windings are combined to generate the magnetic field. The permanent magnets provide a constant baseline magnetic flux, while the field windings, located on the stator (and NOT the rotor), allow for dynamic adjustment of the magnetic field. This design often eliminates the need for brushes and the digital inverter control changes the excitation and power output very precisely.

Hybrid Synchronous alternator with high power

Comparison of BMG Technology with Alternator + Wakespeed.

 FeatureHybrid 48V 300A Peak Permanent Magnet Alternator with Scotty AI (HESA)Traditional 48V 130A Alternator with Wakespeed 500 remote field control.Winner
 “Alternator” TypeHybrid Excitation Synchronous Generator
(permanent magnets + hairpin windings)
Field-excited rotor onlyBMG
Rotor Design16 permanent magnets
+ excitation windings
Field windings onlyBMG
Power Density1.65 kW/kg (advanced hairpin)Lower due to round-wire windingBMG
IP Level

Brushless Motor: IP25.

Waterproof Inverter: IP6K9K

Generally Brushed

IP23 or lower

BMG
Dual Stator DesignDual three-phase, 30° shiftedSingle three-phaseBMG
Ripple Current ReductionSignificant (30° phase shift)Higher rippleBMG
Noise Vibration Harshness PerformanceOptimized (low ripple and torque smoothness)Higher NVHBMG
EfficiencyHigher (permanent magnets + hairpin winding)Lower (field-excited losses)BMG
Fault ToleranceDual stator allows operation in partial failureSingle stator, no redundancyBMG
 Peak Generator Power12 kW6.2 kWBMG
Peak Efficiency≥85%60–70%BMG
Power at Idle
(engine ~600RPM)
3.0kW300-500W TypicallyBMG
Continuous Power Hot≥5.5~7.0kW kW5~7.0 kWBMG
Maximum Speed18,000 RPM~8,000–10,000 RPMBMG
Operating Temperature-40°C to 105°C-20°C to 80°CBMG
Lifetime Expected10 years, 300,000 km, 8,000 hrs5–7 years, 150,000–200,000 kmBMG
 

12V and 48V Isolation

Negative side Earth isolated

YesNoBMG
Integration with Factory 12V or 24V AlternatorFull Integration for added power as solar backup at idleNoneBMG

Diagnostics and Protection

Of Load Dumps

Inverter/motor diagnostics,
100% load dump protection
Limited and depends on BatteryBMG

ISO 26262 ASIL B

Automotive Safety Standard

CompliantNot compliantBMG
Insulation GradeGrade H (180°C)Grade F (155°C)BMG
Hybrid synchronous alternator maxim output power