how to not destroy an alternator when charging LI batteries.
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Because of the low resistance an LiFePo4 may appear to the alternator as a dead battery. So the alternator might tend to run flat out.
However, the charging wire is often rather skimpy. That probably limits the current.
Perhaps one of the folks who has Li could use a clamp on meter and measure what is going on?
I do know that at 875 amp-hours of lead acid, I was blowing a 60 amp fuse on the charging path to the house bank.
I moved to dual 50 amp automatic circuit breakers, adding a 2nd charging path as well as manual control of the isolation solenoids. I have a meter that reads to 70 amps--and then displays dashes. I saw dashes.
However, the charging wire is often rather skimpy. That probably limits the current.
Perhaps one of the folks who has Li could use a clamp on meter and measure what is going on?
I do know that at 875 amp-hours of lead acid, I was blowing a 60 amp fuse on the charging path to the house bank.
I moved to dual 50 amp automatic circuit breakers, adding a 2nd charging path as well as manual control of the isolation solenoids. I have a meter that reads to 70 amps--and then displays dashes. I saw dashes.
