Lithium Batteries
Just downsized from a Class A DP to a Class B+. I got the residential fridge in the new motorhome so power when off the grid is going to be more of an issue that it was before. I’ve been looking at ...
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Itinerant1 wrote:
Now that's funny comparing Lifepo4 batteries used in rvs to flashlight lithium.
Who would of thought a battery holding its voltage to the end as a disadvantage. Lol
I hope all this glamorizing of silicon dioxide batteries are as good as the reviews being put forward by folks that are reading manufacturer specs. ;)
I suspect that lithium battery electro-chemisty basics are close to being the same whether we be talking about a lithium RV battery or a lithium flashlight battery. ;)
I for one don't want an RV battery "surprise" by an abrupt running out of storage energy ... versus being able to monitor the charge level getting low gradually via mere slow tapering of output voltage ... instead of having to buy, install, and learn how to use an integrating ammeter based instrument that lithium batteries require for optimum RV applications.
IMHO, silicon dioxide batteries for an RV look to be superior - other than their weight - for good old RV use. Their performance characteristics seem very similar to lithium - but their cost is far from similar. Why pay more for nearly the same usefulness? It seems to me that the K.I.S.S. principle includes minimizing the strain on one's wallet if there's little disadvantage in doing so.
