LifePO4 batteries
I see a lot of folks are transitioning to Lithium and it reminds me of Solar when it first became popular. It was all about cost per watt. Well there are several companies selling lithium at about t...
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Over the past month cycling between a SOC of 35%-85% on the 500ah lfp bank.
At 0630 making the second pot of coffee SOC at 37%, decided to hook up 1 2000w generator and let it go for 3 hours to see what it would dump into the batteries. This is the longest I've kept the generator running the Magnum charger in the past 31 months. Rain/ overcast in the forecast today and with excessive heavy microwave use and tv for Thanksgiving a generator boost is called for. I do hate listening to the generator even the "quite" ones. I'll take the roar of solar power any day.
Start 0650 SOC 37% (185ah)
Finished 0950 SOC 94% (470ah), 3 hours brought bank up SOC 57% or 285ah.
Yes the solar did help in charging of 40ah or 8% in that 3 hour period while watching tv, charging laptops, phones the normal everyday way of life items.
With minimal solar today that should carry the small loads and finish topping the batteries off. I personally like to get the lfp bank back full once every 30 days or so.
Enjoy the over indulgences of Thanksgiving day.
At 0630 making the second pot of coffee SOC at 37%, decided to hook up 1 2000w generator and let it go for 3 hours to see what it would dump into the batteries. This is the longest I've kept the generator running the Magnum charger in the past 31 months. Rain/ overcast in the forecast today and with excessive heavy microwave use and tv for Thanksgiving a generator boost is called for. I do hate listening to the generator even the "quite" ones. I'll take the roar of solar power any day.
Start 0650 SOC 37% (185ah)
Finished 0950 SOC 94% (470ah), 3 hours brought bank up SOC 57% or 285ah.
Yes the solar did help in charging of 40ah or 8% in that 3 hour period while watching tv, charging laptops, phones the normal everyday way of life items.
With minimal solar today that should carry the small loads and finish topping the batteries off. I personally like to get the lfp bank back full once every 30 days or so.
Enjoy the over indulgences of Thanksgiving day.
