[Pknappe]

I have a 1998 Tiarra 3100 and would like to upgrade my inverter/battery charger since I want to replace my lead acid house batteries with Lifepo batteries. I will also update my Voltage regulator from the Balmar ATS-5 on my starboard engine to the Wakespeed WS500, The Tiarra is setup so that the starboard alternator charges the house batteries and the port engine charges the starter batteries.

My issue is that as you can see from the above pictures, the existing inverter is a Heart Freedom 2000 and a Charles C-Charge are behind the wood bulkhead on the interior of the starboard panel. It looks like I can remove the lower teak panel which you can see is two pieces behind the upholstery piping. I can see several screws inside this space where this panel connects to the seat frame and to the side structure.

My questions to the forum are:

1) Does it seem practical that I can remove this panel to access the Heart inverter?
2) Can the Inverter be removed without removing this panel?
3) Leave the current inverter and replace the battery charger and just add a DC-DC converter to control the charge on the Lifepo house battery

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Peter