Energy storage - New gen batteries
Thought you might like to see this Energy storage aka power aka watts Might be my rig's next battery Watts aka Power Aka energy
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Tesla and other electronic vehicle manufacturers tend to use LiCo since it has a much greater energy density; however, it can overheat and catch fire.
Lithium iron phosphate is a completely different chemistry/physics. The different LFP manufacturers themselves use different technologies. The technology is developing and improvements have been made since we went to LFP 19 months ago. From what I have read, the charging rate should be below 0.5 C. We have a 9.6 kW-hr battery bank so we should not charge over 4.8 kW. Since we have a 1400 W solar panel bank and have never gotten more than 1330 W to controller, I strongly doubt that we shall charge at to great a rate.
Have been following a number of fora that are concerned with LFP in boating and RV and have yet to find anyone who is not happy with their use. The only arguments are whether to go with a battery management system or with individual cell balancing. This seems to have been a leit motief for 400 pages and 2000 posts on the Sail and Cruising forum. The same seems to go on at several Aussie fora as well along with Northern Arizona Wind and Solar and the Solar Panel Fora.
Reed and Elaine
Lithium iron phosphate is a completely different chemistry/physics. The different LFP manufacturers themselves use different technologies. The technology is developing and improvements have been made since we went to LFP 19 months ago. From what I have read, the charging rate should be below 0.5 C. We have a 9.6 kW-hr battery bank so we should not charge over 4.8 kW. Since we have a 1400 W solar panel bank and have never gotten more than 1330 W to controller, I strongly doubt that we shall charge at to great a rate.
Have been following a number of fora that are concerned with LFP in boating and RV and have yet to find anyone who is not happy with their use. The only arguments are whether to go with a battery management system or with individual cell balancing. This seems to have been a leit motief for 400 pages and 2000 posts on the Sail and Cruising forum. The same seems to go on at several Aussie fora as well along with Northern Arizona Wind and Solar and the Solar Panel Fora.
Reed and Elaine
