LifePo4 Charge Performance
Thinking seriously about replacing our two GC2's with a pair of 100ah LifePo4's. Hearing a lot of chatter about how lithiums accept a charge much quicker than lead cells. Very familiar with how ou...
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Yes, as the EDIT tried to get in there. I should not have got so testy anyway, sorry Rick.
AFAIK LFPs do not go from 0-full though, but down to 10%. So that needs to be in any comparison of AH.
The OP can get "faster charging" with no tapering just by doing 40-80s instead of 50-90s with his 45 amper. The tapering is on the 80-90 part. So no difference in gen time for the 88AH. (The 6s won't suffer by going to 40 that most RVers would ever notice for number of lifetime cycles)
Just getting a higher amp converter is not so simple. You need a generator that can run it, so eg, a 2000w is limited to 60 amps and a 2200 to about 75 amps. A PF corrected 100 amper might run on a 2200, haven't tried it.
80 amps and higher without PF correction need 20 amp (120v) circuits and plugs. The gens need a 20 or 30 amp receptacle or a 15/20 type, that some don't have.
AFAIK LFPs do not go from 0-full though, but down to 10%. So that needs to be in any comparison of AH.
The OP can get "faster charging" with no tapering just by doing 40-80s instead of 50-90s with his 45 amper. The tapering is on the 80-90 part. So no difference in gen time for the 88AH. (The 6s won't suffer by going to 40 that most RVers would ever notice for number of lifetime cycles)
Just getting a higher amp converter is not so simple. You need a generator that can run it, so eg, a 2000w is limited to 60 amps and a 2200 to about 75 amps. A PF corrected 100 amper might run on a 2200, haven't tried it.
80 amps and higher without PF correction need 20 amp (120v) circuits and plugs. The gens need a 20 or 30 amp receptacle or a 15/20 type, that some don't have.
