Advice on Lithium Solar setup
Hello, I'm about to move into a conversion van full-time, 80% boondocking, and would like your advice about what I'm planning. My electrical requirements won't be much. I don't expect to use more t...
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Almot wrote:
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If not a monitor, then get LifeBlue Battery, it comes with Bluetooth monitoring, i.e. the "monitor" chip is mounted in the battery case. 2 pounds lighter than Battleborn 100AH. Can't say anything good or bad about either brand.
Had an interesting conversation on another forum about charging the lifeblue batteries and their built-in SOC monitoring.
Apparently you can get them upto 100% SOC according to their interior monitor, but still not be anywhere near the "absorption" V of 14.4-14.6V. In his case, the 300Ah battery bank kept sucking up 20A even at a nominal 100% SOC and V in the mid-high 13Vs. So now he manually terminates the charge when SOC reaches 100%.
Not sure if I'm ready to trust these drop in replacement LiFePO4 batteries and their BMS just yet.
Curious how 2oldman handles SOC.
