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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I believe Trojan is adding the cover your rearend with deny deny deny warranty claim options.
With the price of lfp cells now and some homework a nice size battery bank can bebuilt at a very reasonable price equal to or less than lead batteries. Even this concern of cold temps is something that can easily be figured into the build/ placement of batteries and if that can't be overcome than lfp isn't a good fit for your wants and stay with tried and true batteries already on the market.
I thought I had colder temp readings but I don't. Last Nov I had outside temps of 7f with compartment temps of low 40s and my cells dropped to 32f which stopped charging but had no problem still using them. I took my small heater I have and throw it in the compartment within 20 minutes all cells above 35f. I think having the ability to monitor cell temps is important because going off ambient temps is just that ambient temp.
Here was just mild temps of 29f in the morning.
With the price of lfp cells now and some homework a nice size battery bank can bebuilt at a very reasonable price equal to or less than lead batteries. Even this concern of cold temps is something that can easily be figured into the build/ placement of batteries and if that can't be overcome than lfp isn't a good fit for your wants and stay with tried and true batteries already on the market.
I thought I had colder temp readings but I don't. Last Nov I had outside temps of 7f with compartment temps of low 40s and my cells dropped to 32f which stopped charging but had no problem still using them. I took my small heater I have and throw it in the compartment within 20 minutes all cells above 35f. I think having the ability to monitor cell temps is important because going off ambient temps is just that ambient temp.
Here was just mild temps of 29f in the morning.
