Lithium Battery Question
I am thinking about converting my 2020 lance to Lithium batteries. I want to do it as inexpensively as possible. (Battle Born ain't gonna happen) Can anyone tell me what specifications I should look f...
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BLF13 said:
“On recharging at 14.4 you don't know the battery voltage (as usual) so your marker for stopping the charge is somewhere before you get to minus 3 AH on your monitor (assuming it was zeroed recently)”
To clarify, While Charger is rated at 14.4v boost, as high as it’ll get before the current drops off to zero is 14.2v...When balancing occurs the voltage will drop by a couple of tenths, as the current rises
by only a slight amount, but this is strictly an ‘on and off again’ process every so many seconds, each time the current goes back to zero and the voltage returns to 14.2v...I then take it that charging is complete once this uber brief cycling of volts-amps has stopped... Last maybe only a minute or two until amps remain at zero...
For solar, I just keep an eye on the charging progress and typically shut things down above a displayed 90% (<. >),... The Li recharges very fast so it’s a cinch to top things off as needed...
I see no real need to regularly charge the battery up to a full 100%, except to occasionally ensure that top end balancing takes place...
Just my thoughts, learning as I go...
I will say that the air conditioner runs like its on shore power due to a near lack of voltage sag - in fact, I believe shore power likely sags even more!!
“On recharging at 14.4 you don't know the battery voltage (as usual) so your marker for stopping the charge is somewhere before you get to minus 3 AH on your monitor (assuming it was zeroed recently)”
To clarify, While Charger is rated at 14.4v boost, as high as it’ll get before the current drops off to zero is 14.2v...When balancing occurs the voltage will drop by a couple of tenths, as the current rises
by only a slight amount, but this is strictly an ‘on and off again’ process every so many seconds, each time the current goes back to zero and the voltage returns to 14.2v...I then take it that charging is complete once this uber brief cycling of volts-amps has stopped... Last maybe only a minute or two until amps remain at zero...
For solar, I just keep an eye on the charging progress and typically shut things down above a displayed 90% (<. >),... The Li recharges very fast so it’s a cinch to top things off as needed...
I see no real need to regularly charge the battery up to a full 100%, except to occasionally ensure that top end balancing takes place...
Just my thoughts, learning as I go...
I will say that the air conditioner runs like its on shore power due to a near lack of voltage sag - in fact, I believe shore power likely sags even more!!
