Battle Born Charging

BFL13 wrote:
" Are you sure about the float? Seems like it should be 13.6v or HIGHER, not lower."

You didn't read the BB replies in the link. :(

Also note how they distinguish a float from a storage trickle, and how the float should be with working the battery and not while on shore-power and no cycling of the battery if the float is above 13.6

Lots of good info in those BB replies on all sorts of topics raised.

Actually I did a lot of research on the BB batteries before I installed them over a year ago and at that time the setup in my RV was fine with them. They recommended using an AGM profile on my solar controller since mine didn't have a Lithium setting. I've since replaced with a newer model that has a Lithium profile and it uses a float voltage of 14 for Lithium and 13.7 for all other battery types.

So if the float is to be 13.6 or lower and my batteries bulk charge up to 14+, then I can maintain my charge level with a 6v supply? After all, 6v is less than 13.6v.

" Are you sure about the float? Seems like it should be 13.6v or HIGHER, not lower."

You didn't read the BB replies in the link. :(

Also note how they distinguish a float from a storage trickle, and how the float should be with working the battery and not while on shore-power and no cycling of the battery if the float is above 13.6

Lots of good info in those BB replies on all sorts of topics raised.

Second Chance wrote:
The table hasn't been updated in a while. It doesn't reflect WFCO's new lithum charger/converter (which I've confirmed with BB is compatible). There may be others that need to be added to the list. The bottom line is this response I got from BB:

Bulk/absorb 14.2 - 14.6 Volts(we usually recommend 14.4)
float 13.6 Volts or lower
No equalization(or set it to 14.4v)
No temperature compensation
Absorption time is 20 minutes per battery(if it is an option).

Rob

Are you sure about the float? Seems like it should be 13.6v or HIGHER, not lower.

They say the standard WFCO is fine with the BBs, but don't stress that it has to do the advertised 14.4v to work right. We know how difficult it is to get WFCOs to go into boost in many RV set-ups

The table hasn't been updated in a while. It doesn't reflect WFCO's new lithum charger/converter (which I've confirmed with BB is compatible). There may be others that need to be added to the list. The bottom line is this response I got from BB:

Bulk/absorb 14.2 - 14.6 Volts(we usually recommend 14.4)
float 13.6 Volts or lower
No equalization(or set it to 14.4v)
No temperature compensation
Absorption time is 20 minutes per battery(if it is an option).

Rob