Lifepo4 float setting?
I have not had to deal with a float setting so far with PWM controllers but I have a Victron 75/15 coming tomorrow and reading up on the settings,it is confusing especially the float setting..Some say...
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Lwiddis wrote:
I don’t float my Lithium battery nor do I store it at 100%. The gel battery setting may work.
BINGO!!
There’s only one reason I know of (in actual working practice…) to float, and that is, were I to leave the solar charger ON, say charging while out on a hike, the controller would not continue to hold the battery at 14.x…
But with a fixed voltage controller, I wouldn’t leave it ON for say an extended, unattended period…However, I have two separate solar systems (in parallel - a 400w MPPT & 260w PMW) one with a fixed controller and another with a programmable two stage with float…If charging unattended, I leave only the latter controller ON…BTW, despite lots of usage, I haven’t had the batteries up to a full 100% since mid-February, and have relied only upon harvest…:)
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