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NinerBikes
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Feb 27, 2016

Going Lithium batteries? Charging profile revealed.

A few months back I bought an electric car, as well as an EVSE to recharge it at home. I ended up buying a e-motorwerks JuiceBox 40Amp unit with an Arduino chip in it for monitoring charging specifica...
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landyacht318
Explorer
Feb 27, 2016
I suspect my northstar AGM will be my last Lead acid house battery.

Only needing at a maximum 65AH overnight, I can get by on 100Ah of Lifepo4 and could get that much for ~660$ for the 4 cells. BMS and packaging of the prismatic cells extra, and the alternator will likely protest at being maxed out practically always.

Would be nice to know if the 2000 claimed cycles are achievable. If so it would be cheaper than AGM.

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