LiFePO4 drop in's are they really a drop in?
I figured this might be interesting to those interested in drop-in replacement LIFEPO4 or the standalone cells themselves., based on the article below does not appear that is truly the case. Its a ...
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What I’ve yet to figure out is when using say a Progressive Dynamics Li Charger (charges at a straight, single stage 14.4v), once the Li has been fully charged then drops to it’s resting voltage (of say 13.x volts), what prevents the charger from immediately kicking in again - or put another way, what triggers the charger to switch ON??...Its not clear to me that the BMS prevents this from occurring, and it’s also known that Li’s should not be stored long term at a full SOC - 50% < > is a better way to go...
