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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BFL13 wrote:
"Trillium features a Trojan-specific cell...... It’s cobalt-free and nickel-free, and it features the industry’s safest chemistry"
They say it is "Lithium-ion". If that is not LFP ??, then perhaps it acts differently. Not a clue.
This explains the various types of Lithium-ion cells. It mentions the 41F figure in the part about charging, so it might apply to the LFP versions ?????
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery
"Li?ion batteries offer good charging performance at cooler temperatures and may even allow 'fast-charging' within a temperature range of 5 to 45 °C (41 to 113 °F).[134][better source needed] Charging should be performed within this temperature range.
At temperatures from 0 to 5 °C charging is possible, but the charge current should be reduced"
no lithium ion has many different forms and LiFePo4 is only one of them. Nickel cadium is a type of Li and so on, there are at least 6 different Li types out there in use. this is why it can get confusing.
oh and dont take wikipedia as gospal, anyone can edit it, plus you dont know what format of Li the author was talking about. this is the most confusing part about Li, everyone refurs to it in the generic but each type has its own properties. for instance LifePo4 is the least likly to catch on fire during use LOL.. it is considered the safest. mind you I havent read much about tirillium yet so that might be even better.
Steve
Steve
