Lithium Confusion
I currently store my coach in my garage plugged into 30 amp service. My new coach came with lead acid batteries. The coach has a progressive dynamics PD 4060 charger in a mighty mini power center. ...
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"Q. How long will it take to charge a LiFePO4 battery?
A. The length of time it takes to charge a li-ion deep cycle battery depends on the type and size of your charging source. Typically, you can only charge lead acid batteries below 20% of their actual capacity, this is not true with li-ion. You can charge a Battle Born battery up to 5 times faster, although we only recommend that you charge at 50% of the capacity to extend the life of your battery. Keep in mind that you can charge a 100% the capacity of the battery, this will shorten the cycle life (our measurements indicate this would result in 2000 cycles with 80% capacity remaining) but the battery and the BMS can handle it."
It seems the author meant to say "DIScharge--below 20%".
Also charging up to "5 times faster" turns out to mean (I think) at a higher charging rate, and not to mean you can do a 50-90 in 1/5th the time it takes to do a 50-90 with a lead acid battery of the same capacity.
A. The length of time it takes to charge a li-ion deep cycle battery depends on the type and size of your charging source. Typically, you can only charge lead acid batteries below 20% of their actual capacity, this is not true with li-ion. You can charge a Battle Born battery up to 5 times faster, although we only recommend that you charge at 50% of the capacity to extend the life of your battery. Keep in mind that you can charge a 100% the capacity of the battery, this will shorten the cycle life (our measurements indicate this would result in 2000 cycles with 80% capacity remaining) but the battery and the BMS can handle it."
It seems the author meant to say "DIScharge--below 20%".
Also charging up to "5 times faster" turns out to mean (I think) at a higher charging rate, and not to mean you can do a 50-90 in 1/5th the time it takes to do a 50-90 with a lead acid battery of the same capacity.
