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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BFL13 wrote:
So ? you can use the Iota Li dongle with a build your own bank but not with a drop-in? because you have another way to prevent over-voltage or you have your own settings?
I don't have personal experience but my guess is the Battleborn battery BMS will disconnect at 14.4V when charging. It will connect again when battery voltage falls below that. The Iota probably isn't the best charger for a Battleborn but it's great for prismatic cells. I already had an Iota DLS-45 so buying the dongle was a great option went I upgraded to LiFePo4.
BFL13 wrote:
I don't have a Victron monitor (Trimetric here) but how does it shut anything off?
The Victron BMV-712 Battery Monitor has a programmable relay that will open and close at certain voltage levels. Works with the Victron Battery Protector. Just one of the reasons I went away from Trimetric.
BFL13 wrote:
So your BMS is not the same as what you get in a drop-in so you can get away with using the Iota dongle?
Yup
BFL13 wrote:
Itinerant1 has something else in his mix ISTR "EMS" to go with his BMS that he uses for his settings? What do you have?
I just use a BMS
BFL13 wrote:
Do you lose all 12v in the RV if the protection method shuts down what? Yours shuts down the charger but not the batts?
Yup, the charger disconnects separately from the load. I use two Victron battery protectors, one for the charger and one for the load.
Bruce
