Hands on Experience with Lithium batteries
Hi: I'd be interested in hearing any hands on experiences with a lithium battery install in an RV. Sources, issues, curses and costs. I'm currently going through some scenarios on upgrading my batte...
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Hi MEX,
Some LI packages are plug and play. One that I surfed to even has a heater built into the jar. Cost for that one was a mere $10 per amp-hour ($1000 for a 100 amp-hour battery)
My brother managed to destroy one by attempting to charge it when it was too cold. He was intending to do a refresh charge in December on an LI motorcycle battery. He was using the recommended charger from the company.
If I were to go LI, I would certainly try to add automatic generator start to the mix. That won't be easy to do as most of those rely on battery voltage monitoring and with LI there is very little drop.
Then there is the cold weather issue.
Apparently LI has zero tolerance for abuse. Do it once, and only once and you get to replace an extremely expensive battery bank.
All in all, I think carbon foam may be a better technology. But there is no history and very few users at the moment.
Some LI packages are plug and play. One that I surfed to even has a heater built into the jar. Cost for that one was a mere $10 per amp-hour ($1000 for a 100 amp-hour battery)
My brother managed to destroy one by attempting to charge it when it was too cold. He was intending to do a refresh charge in December on an LI motorcycle battery. He was using the recommended charger from the company.
If I were to go LI, I would certainly try to add automatic generator start to the mix. That won't be easy to do as most of those rely on battery voltage monitoring and with LI there is very little drop.
Then there is the cold weather issue.
Apparently LI has zero tolerance for abuse. Do it once, and only once and you get to replace an extremely expensive battery bank.
All in all, I think carbon foam may be a better technology. But there is no history and very few users at the moment.
