Lithium batteries and alternator protection.
The six 6 volt lead-acid house batteries in my class A DP have gone bad. I am looking to replace them with 6 Battleborn 100Ah 12v LiFePO batteries. Eventually I will be adding solar. I am not look...
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time2roll wrote:Had a couple of days of clouds and rain and battery shut down on me so decided to check while charging from alternator.Tom_M wrote:Any chance a measurement of the charging amps was noted? Please post if available.
I have had my Renogy 170ah lithium battery for 2 years and have had no issues with it hooked directly to the alternator.
I'm measuring current with clamp meter at battery. When battery isolator kicked in, current started at 100 amps and within 10 seconds started ramping down. After about 5 minutes the current was down to about 30 amps and dropped down to about 15 amps after 15 minutes.
I couldn't easily get to the alternator feed so the initial current surge may have come from my chassis battery. Engine was running at idle.
