LiFePo4 lithium battery charging questions
TL DR – I have some questions related to charging 12V LiFePo4 lithium batteries: *How to best use my solar to charge batteries? *Assuming I usually keep the lithium batteries at a partial SOC, what ...
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Itinerant1 wrote:
“I find solar/ lfp boring in a good way. Set the parameters for the system. Sun rises, power goes to what's needed and the balance charges batteries. Sun goes down, scc goes to sleep and batteries power the 5th wheel. Groundhog day over and over and over. No hen pecking other than occasionally wiping the panels off of dust. Just working peacefully in the background.”
Exactly, and in actual usage, LFP’s far deeper DOD and the ability to just ‘ride the solar wave’ (with seldom any need to fully charge…) is what makes LFP far easier to live with than Lead acid…
3 tons
“I find solar/ lfp boring in a good way. Set the parameters for the system. Sun rises, power goes to what's needed and the balance charges batteries. Sun goes down, scc goes to sleep and batteries power the 5th wheel. Groundhog day over and over and over. No hen pecking other than occasionally wiping the panels off of dust. Just working peacefully in the background.”
Exactly, and in actual usage, LFP’s far deeper DOD and the ability to just ‘ride the solar wave’ (with seldom any need to fully charge…) is what makes LFP far easier to live with than Lead acid…
3 tons
