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I'm trying to understand all I can before going lithium. I've got most of the issues resolved in my head, but I'm struggling a little about the charging and how it relates to house loads. My exper...
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Lithium ion parasitic load micro cycling
In a sense, powering a load with the battery charger will cause the pack suffer small cycles, say alternatively between 99 and 100%
If you're camping mostly with hookups, a situation where floating is going to be most of the time, then a battery isolation system is the best bet for the long term health of the cells. Once charged, disconnect the battery until shore power is lost. This is easily automated.
If you're mostly on solar, so seeing 5-8 hrs of charging a day, then isolation wouldn't be a big consideration.
Biggest benefit of lithium is you don't have to chase 100% soc constantly like lead acid. In fact 100% soc is rather bad for cells in the long term.
Lithium ion parasitic load micro cycling
In a sense, powering a load with the battery charger will cause the pack suffer small cycles, say alternatively between 99 and 100%
If you're camping mostly with hookups, a situation where floating is going to be most of the time, then a battery isolation system is the best bet for the long term health of the cells. Once charged, disconnect the battery until shore power is lost. This is easily automated.
If you're mostly on solar, so seeing 5-8 hrs of charging a day, then isolation wouldn't be a big consideration.
Biggest benefit of lithium is you don't have to chase 100% soc constantly like lead acid. In fact 100% soc is rather bad for cells in the long term.
